Barack Obama believes that the Iraq War has made the US less safe from terrorism, undermined our security, distracted us from a host of global threats, that we live in a more dangerous world because of Bush’s actions, that invading Iraq was a strategic blunder, and that Saddam had no connections to Al Qaeda, 9/11 or WMD. He believes that the Iraq war was conceptually flawed from the start, that the surge is not working toward enduring peace (because it has ignored political issues), and wants to get our troops out by the end of 2009. He would have voted no to authorize the President to go to war.
Trouble Spots - Barack Obama would strike Al Qaeda in northwest Pakistan if we had actionable intelligence, and would meet directly with the leadership of Iran. He believes that we are playing to Osama's plan for winning a war from a cave, and that Al Qaeda is stronger than before thanks to the Bush doctrine. (Jan 2006)
Source: exposeobama.com
Obama Wants To Retreat From Iraq
Barack Obama wants to retreat from Iraq as soon as he is President, no matter how the war is going on the ground. He has pledged to bring all troops home within his first 16 months in office (even though he is now trying to move to the center to win the election).