How did Barack Obama vote on the Iraq war?

Answer 1

Barack Obama was not a member of the US Senate at the time. Thus he did not vote on the invasion. But as a member of the state senate in Illinois, he expressed his vocal opposition, calling it a foolish decision by President Bush; and when he joined the U.S. senate in 2004, he voted against the surge and against additional funding for expanding the war. In 2008, as a candidate, he promised he would end our involvement in Iraq if he were elected, and that is what he did.

Answer 2

He was not in the U.S. senate when President Bush invaded Iraq, but as a state senator in Illinois, he expressed his vocal opposition to the war. And when he was elected in 2004, he became one of the few who voted against the surge and against expansion of the war. Later, in 2008, as a presidential candidate, he promised that if elected, he would end US involvement in Iraq. But that is not exactly what he did.

As President his Administration has been slow to end the conflict in Afghanistan and has added troops in Iraq. He also allowed opened and funded conflict/war in Libya which included a regime change and murder of the dictator Qaddafi, and began protracted bombing conflict in Syria without Congressional approval or any defined goals. He has also ordered the death of more than 2400 people by drone strike, nearly 300 of which were in the sovereign state of Pakistan. So one might conclude that his anti-war stance to be one spoken out of convenience/politics rather than a truly dovish stance.