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The problem with Obama is that he is a politician like any other. He made a promise to wind up the Iraq occupation and if he has to change that plan, you know his rivals are going to all him on it regardless of whether the circumstances have changed. Like all politicians, he will probably make a decision based on what will have the smallest amount of political fallout. He either ignores this and gets called "weak", or he asserts U.S. power in the region more and looks like a liar.

This is the problem with first term presidents. They tend to be out for themselves. Then again, 2nd term presidents tend to do whatever they want regardless of optics (which can also be bad).