Say What?

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said recently that the United States cannot use its military to solve humanitarian problems and that preventing a potential genocide in Iraq isn't a good enough reason to keep U.S. forces there.

Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, said it's likely there would be increased bloodshed if U.S. forces left Iraq. "There's no doubt there are risks of increased bloodshed in Iraq without a continuing U.S. presence there."

The greater risk is staying in Iraq, Obama said.

"It is my assessment that those risks are even greater if we continue to occupy Iraq and serve as a magnet for not only terrorist activity but also irresponsible behavior by Iraqi factions," he said.

Senator Obama has been known to make conflicting statement throughout his political carreer. He has expressed reservations about capital punishment but does not oppose it, and later went on to say he would support the death penalty for Osama bin Laden.