Has Obama/US war on terror just had The Cronkite Moment?

Has the US war on terror just had its Cronkite moment? — RT Op-Edge:

"In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson allegedly remarked – after CBS anchor Walter Cronkite reported that the US had become mired in a stalemate in the Vietnam War with no way out – “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost Middle America.” A month later, the president announced he would not run for re-election.