In case you think my description of Obama as the Picture of Dorian LBJ might be perfectly apt on domestic policy but not foreign–keep in mind that LBJ was the peace candidate in 1964 too:

BBC:

The campaign for the 1964 election took place in the middle of the escalating Vietnam War. Senator Goldwater’s demands that North Vietnam should be continuously bombed and his questioning of the US social security system proved unpopular. The Democrats adopted a social reform platform, with President Johnson, also known as LBJ, campaigning as a candidate of peace, pledging not to widen US military involvement in Vietnam. But soon after his election he increased the number of US troops in the region after sustained attacks by the communist Viet Cong. Troops numbers continued to mount reaching a peak of 550,000 in 1968.

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