Reply #12: During the campaign I thought his AfPak statement was rhetoric

[PufPuf23]

and there would be more attention paid to get us out faster once in office.

I have been surprised that under Obama:

1. Gates and other generals such as Petreaus and McChrystal were retained.
2. Military footprints in Africa, Latin/South America, and cyberspace have been expanded.
3. The drone program has been expended including non-judicial execution of citizens.
4. The USA was complicit in the Honduras coup.