Barack Obama actually said...

"I am absolutely convinced that strategically it is time for us to bring this war to an end. And we can bring our combat troops out over the course of 16 months, which would mean that we would have got..."

"Barack Obama has been arguing all along we should have direct diplomacy with no preconditions."

"It should have been apparent to President Bush and Senator McCain, the central front in the war on terror is not Iraq, and it never was."

"The greatest threat to that security lies in the tribal regions of Pakistan where terrorists train and insurgents strike in Afghanistan."