Movements on the battle field is one thing, staging and deployment is another. It took many months to bring the “surge” up to the maximum level, even with all the bases and encampments in place. Certainly, no military in the world can deploy, redeploy and withdraw as effectively nor as quickly as the U.S. military can. Still, our current operations in Iraq are in a “dug-in” position with massive staging points and forward command centers. These installations take time to dismantle. Based on Obama’s campaign promises, he intends to remove every single soldier and base from within Iraq. I was simply trying to concede that this effort will take some time but understand that many who voted for him expect zero delay in the process and zero casualties. It would be a terrible thing for Obama if he failed to live up to his most valuable campaign pledge. The pledge that gave him the nomination and thus the election. The election was not won this week but many months back when his stance on Iraq pushed him past Hillary. McCain was never a credible threat once Palin was destroyed by the media.

I should say though that beyond defending themselves from direct attacks on bases, under Obama we should all expect that during the withdrawal our forces will not engage in a single military operation inside Iraq. Wouldn’t you agree that this should be expected by those who voted for Obama in this election?

I’m not certain if Obama can survive being labeled as just another war monger in the likeness of Bush.