Just Fooling

Make no mistake, Barack Obama was nominated for his anti-war stance.  He claimed "immediate withdrawl" in the first debate before he was elected president, and as he progressed through each phase of the campaign he slowly tweaked his position in accordance to his demographics. 

Had Obama campaigned back then on what he actually did while in office, there would have been no way the anti-war, anti-Bush base would have nominated him.  He fooled his supporters, and he fooled the world.  Lucky for the world some people saw that coming!