Barack Obama actually said...

That is an achievable goal if we pursue a comprehensive plan to press the Iraqis to stand up.

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 ...

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.