Dumbest Man In Politics?

Now that it's unanimous that the surge has not only worked but it's tuned out to have worked spectacularly Obama say's he still would have voted against it. I can understand doing or saying anything to get elected but would Obama really rather lose a war just to get elected? Could he despise our country generally and the military specifically that much? Even if it's true you'd think he would at least pretend to have the countries best interest at heart. That would demand that he, with 20/20 vision vote for the surge now.