Obama - Iraq from 2002

Competent leadership is what we look for as both the US and France head into full campaign season. Fed up with an irrelevant leader who has made a career out of political office on the one side of the Atlantic, and an irrelevant leader who makes us cringe each time he weighs a decision on the other, people are looking for capable leaders who can bring legitimacy and respect back to the office of president. Our goal is to provide you with a snippet of the top candidates and a bit of analysis when the opportunity arises.

Here's our first snippet of Barack Obama in an interview from 2002, before the invasion of Iraq.

Even though he chooses his words carefully, he comes out clearly on the side of diplomacy. And his prediction of long-term instability? right on the money.