Barack Obama Is Not Antiwar

He speaks out against minding our own business and not using our military to continue our Wilsonian Foreign Policy:

There is no doubt that the mistakes of the past six years have made our current task more difficult. World opinion has turned against us. And after all the lives lost and the billions of dollars spent, many Americans may find it tempting to turn inward, and cede our claim of leadership in world affairs.

I insist, however, that such an abandonment of our leadership is a mistake we must not make. America cannot meet the threats of this century alone, but the world cannot meet them without America. We must neither retreat from the world nor try to bully it into submission – we must lead the world, by deed and example.

We must lead by building a 21st century military to ensure the security of our people and advance the security of all people. We must lead by marshalling a global effort to stop the spread of the world’s most dangerous weapons. We must lead by building and strengthening the partnerships and alliances necessary to meet our common challenges and defeat our common threats.

He thinks we should maintain Bush's Wilsonian fantasy and desire to spend more taxpayer dollars in reshaping the Middle East and the world. He promises to be better at it than our current president, seeking global consensus before we blow up another country. He believes we should leave all options on the table, concerning Iran. He believes the US may one day have to rain down missiles onto Iran and Pakistan.