Obama bụ onye mbụ na-emegide nchịkwa George W. Bush nke 2003 na Iraq. Na October 2, 2002, ụbọchị Onye isi ala Bush na Congress kwetara na nkwekọrịta nkwekọrịta nke na-enye ikike agha Iraq, Obama kwuru okwu na mbụ nke Chicago na-emegide agha Iraq, ma kwuo okwu megide agha ahụ. O kwuru okwu ọzọ na-emegide agha na March 2003 ma gwa ìgwè mmadụ ahụ na "ọ bụghị oge" iji kwụsị agha ahụ. Mkpebi nke onye Republican bụ Peter Fitzgerald na onye Democratic ya bụ Carol Moseley Braun na ọ gaghị esonye na ntuli aka nke mbụ mere ka David Axelrod site na August 2002. Obama kwupụtara ọkwa ya na Jenụwarị 2003. Obama bụ onye mmegide mbụ nke nchịkwa George W. Bush nke 2003 na Iraq.
Nọvemba 2004