The trouble with the Obama quotation you post is that it is only half right. Yes, he wants to create a large civililian force but he has hardly put the military on a diet. In fact, he has increased active duty forces on his watch. What many conservatives don’t understand is that Obama is an advocate of BOTH the welfare and warfare states.
Yes Obama didn’t remove all the troops from Afghanistan and Iraq but he wants to. Only kept them to look like he is doing something. Obama is misguiding the public.