i do not think McCain has much to be concerned about in this respect. afterall, he went over seas for myriad photo ops whilst hillary and obama were still 'in fighting'. this ability to tour first can never be taken away from him and as such, obama can only be seen to be playing catch up by 'copying McCain'!
regarding the specifics of troop deployment.....
this past weekend, Brown said there would be troop reduction in Irak. by suggesting that more troops are needed in Afghanistan, i think obama will precipitate a decline in iraki based US troops. ie there would be a reversal of the dynamics seen in Bush's 'war on terrar'.
afterall, many have complained that the invasion of irak was about personal differences at a head of state level, and the securing of oil resources (not about terrorism or bringing peace and democracy) meanwhile, no body complained about the (very brief) removal of the taliban, altho the methodology of indescriminate cluster bombings remains a very real hazard (not to mention the proliferation of opiate crops)
i think any reployment from irak to afghanistan would suggest a very accurate perception of where such military support was needed.
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