Is obama really anti-war?

I am saddened by the inability of the American people to exercise critical thinking and research the rhetoric from the democratic presidential candidates. On the outset, it would appear that Obama is trying to show himself as an anti-war or pro-peace kinda guy. But contrary to this view is the truth of his ideas on foreign policy and the use of the military to police the world and extend the rule of the United States government. When a politician says they plan to do something, it should take it with a grain of salt unless they have the record to back up their claims. In the case of Hillary it is evident that she was completely supportive of the war from the beginning and has been voting to fund it along with Obama. Nowadays most of her supporters will say that she has apologized and that she was given incorrect information. But before we blindly accept this we must look at the people who voted against the war and what reasons were given to justify their vote. A few said that we should not conduct a preemptive war. For these few people, the idea was not to focus on the current sources of intelligence but rather to revert back to their own philosophy of just war. These few believed that military force should only be used to DEFEND the country and not to perpetuate fights with POTENTIAL aggressors. It is these beliefs that seem to be missing from people like Clinton and Obama. Both candidates have said they will not take the option of a NUCLEAR first strike against Iran. Again we are seeing some of the same rhetoric from them that The Bush Administration put forth to invade Iraq. Obama has said that he will concentrate military efforts on Pakistan and Afganastan. Instead of bringing the troops HOME, he wants to MOVE them to another foreign country. Doesn't seem to be a change or a move for peace around the world since military occupation of foreign lands tends to bring about death and destruction. If I have learned anything about politicians, it is that they say what they think the people want to hear to get into a position of power and then they do the opposite. Take George Bush for example...during his 2000 campaign, he advocated a non-interventionists foreign policy and the people have seen how that turned out...in bloody massacre around the globe.