In the same interview, Aznar defended George W. Bush, calling him a "grand statesman" that is living in his farewell "the hour of ingratitude."
These declarations took place in an interview with Vanity Fair Magazine, a broad report in which Aznar tells the account of his life as a university professor, lecturer and counselor of the Murdoch group.
With this, the former prime minister assures that Obama’s victory is "the test of the existing American dream, through many of the Americans make an effort to say that the crisis has ended with him."
"Obama is a person of African American race and has become the President of the United States, which is an extraordinary change for them," he said.
Nevertheless, in another part of the interview, speaking about the Democrat's victory, he describes it as "a historical first and a predictable economic disaster."
Aznar also denied that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had an important responsibility in the defeat of the Republican candidate, Sen. John McCain, pointing out that she is a woman who can have "a great political future" because she has "solid convictions."
He explained that, in his opinion, Spain lacks political leadership, even though he does not give any names. "It is certain that a crisis of leadership exists right now in Spain that has not existed in years," he says.
Aznar also referred to the war in Iraq and maintained that "he has never regretted sending the troops." "I would regret not having done it. The easy thing is to look for excuses, the difficult thing is fulfilling the duty. I did what my sense of responsibility ordered me to do," he reveals.
Aznar ha defendido en la misma entrevista a George W. Bush, del que ha afirmado que es un "gran estadista" que está viviendo en su despedida "la hora de la ingratitud".
No obstante, en otro momento de la entrevista por la victoria en sà del lÃder demócrata, la califica como "un exotismo histórico y un previsible desastre económico".
Military power alone cannot sustain global dominance, and attempts to assert it in the face of structural decline may hasten the very outcome they seek to prevent.
Washington has demonstrated beyond any doubt that its rift with Europe is irreversible, by deliberately choosing to go to war against Iran without consulting its European allies.