Obama: Machiavellian in Nature

In January of this year Obama made the tough decision to send more troops into Afganistan. This issue is multifaceted, but I believe Obama might have made the best decision for himself. Obama's decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan is truly exemplar of his Machiavellian mannerisms for 2 main reasons. His decision is helpful because after sending them in, he is able to appease the leftists with his plans to get them out. His decision to send them in was mainly for votes on the Health Care bill from the Republicans. But while doing what not everyone wanted, he is Machiavellian in the sense that it was able to benefit him, and a Machiavellian ideal is that people will forget your mistakes if you make them earlier as a pose to later on in your term in office, which is what Obama has done. But at the same time, he has his image to uphold. He went back on his word so fast, despite his electoral promises on instituting free health care, and taking the troops out of Afghanistan. But this is overlooked, because he is able to juggle the conflicting interests of the public and his image.