Aznar's lessons in international politics: "It is essential that Israel wins this war" and the US is in a "pre-civil war" situation. The person who was in charge of La Moncloa between 1996 and 2004 has also referred to his status as a "conservative liberal" to endorse Winston Churchill's maxim that "there is no better foreign policy than an internal policy, than having the house in order is the best foreign policy" The PP politician predicted that if the army of Benjamin Netanyahu's Government were not the winner, "the next war would be on the borders closest to Europe"