Okay, I've seen lots of hand wringing here today about broken promises, betrayal, lies, etc...

But why should people be burdened with the truth, when they can believe whatever they want to?

Obama is doing almost to the letter exactly what he said he'd do. Below is a quotation from his op-ed of July 14, 2008.

Here is the NYT website for a full transcript.

http://www.nytimes.com/...

Ending the war is essential to meeting our broader strategic goals, starting in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the Taliban is resurgent and Al Qaeda has a safe haven. Iraq is not the central front in the war on terrorism, and it never has been. As Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently pointed out, we won’t have sufficient resources to finish the job in Afghanistan until we reduce our commitment to Iraq. As president, I would pursue a new strategy, and begin by providing at least two additional combat brigades to support our effort in Afghanistan. We need more troops, more helicopters, better intelligence-gathering and more nonmilitary assistance to accomplish the mission there. I would not hold our military, our resources and our foreign policy hostage to a misguided desire to maintain permanent bases in Iraq.

Did you notice the bolded section?

Tonight he's going to call for two additional combat brigades. Where have we heard this before?

So to all who think he's changed, guess again. He is really a man of his word, the problem is so many want to put their own words in his mouth.