If he didn't hate them, why would he keep stealing what they say? Yes, he does do that. First, from Farenheit 9/11 in his "Kerry endorsement" (which if you think about it is obviously meant to help Bush), and now, by basically saying "if you leave Iraq, you'll do what i want, and you'll be having a truce with me."
No American wants to do that. He wants to shut up the left wing of the country because he wants the stupid people to stay in power because they'll be easiest to fight.
That directly goes against his own rhetoric of wanting to reduce US influence in the region. But my view is that like the republicans who he loves, he is a hypocrite. He mereley SAYS he wants US troops out of the Middle East. What he really wants is endless war and revenge against the country he thinks is evil. Keeping neocons in power would be his best way to do that.