Having never been "appointed" with Obama I'm not all that disappointed with his administration.  

I'll take the two-three month hiatus if only as a sign Obama has shown the faintest hesitation in continuing the "Project for a New American Imperialism."

is there really any difference on this issue between Obama and McCain other than 3-4 months?

I didn't really address Afganistan and you may well be right. But were McCain to come to believe we should leave or go slow I suspect it would be easier for him to prevail in the matter. His criticism of Donald Rumsfield was for not sending enough troops. Likewise, whether McCain could ever see that there might be a serious economic impact from large deployments or would ever let such factors affect his decisions are unknown, but I doubt he would or could.  Obama apparently can see the problem and appears to have considered it, but gone ahead anyway. Perhaps he is relying on Geithner and Bernanke to deal with those problems. Larry probably told him not to worry.  

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."