[2ndDivisionVet]

Sounds like the author is a Jihadist sympathizer, or am I wrong?

[henkster]

I think the author is daft. While what Bush said sounds like he had a man crush on Putin, in reality, world leaders say that crap to be diplomatically nice. They don’t really mean it. I think Putin respected Bush and the two of them did have an effective dialog. Now that Bush is gone, Putin is taking every advantage of a lack of leadership in Washington, and why not? It’s what nations do. Particularly the Russians.

Would relations have eventually soured even with someone like Bush as President? Sure. Would we have the disaster today? No way.

[Tailgunner Joe]

Putin sent Chechens into Georgia to rape, massacre and ethnically cleanse innocent Christian civilians. Putin is the one who is a jihad sympathizer. He supports Iran, Hizballah and HAMAS’s jihad agianst Israel and he supports Sudan's jihad against Christians.