[shibumi]

I believe he did speak with Putin.

I'm thinking it wentsomething like this:

O; "We need to come up with a method for controlling the use of chemical weapons."

P: "Good idea. We start by you not giving any to those cannibal Moslem savages and trying to blame it on my allies. Otherwise, I'll expose your treason and give Assad some *REAL* stuff you can worry about."

O: "Gotcha. I watch that. Nice chat. Bye."

[depressed in 06]

Not exactly a Bush 41 moment when Gorby announced an agreement with Saddam on Kuwait. And, 41 said no thank you, this will not stand.