Anyone Remember when George W. Bush used to drive Putin around his ranch?

X ^ | March 4 | @Mick_O_Keeffe

[RandFan]

@Mick_O_Keeffe

George Bush used to drive Putin around his ranch in a pick-up and nobody called him a Russian puppet.

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[RandFan]

So Neocons and Zeepers: What do you think of that?

John Bolton etc. no shame of course.

[Ciaphas Cain]

Bush the Lesser told us that he had looked into Putin's eyes and seen his soul.

This would have been a much better country already if "Dubya" had never been elected. Or re-elected for that matter.

[Equine1952]

Bush Senior was CIA , Putin was KGB. Dubya is just a RINO chip off the old block. Trump isn’t beholden to that crap. He knows the evil and is working to defeat it, not go sight seeing in Texas. If you sleep with wolves, you wake up with fleas. You shoot the effing wolves, fleas crawl off and die. IMO

[piasa]

Typical state visit activities where leaders try to get people to identify with them and try to get coverage in the media by providing fodder for the press, smiling and performing for the cameras. Bush was soundly mocked for his idiotic comment about looking into Putin’s soul or whatever it was.

I remember back then all the crazy folks like Code Pink and Cindy Sheehan camping outside his ranch who were supposedly “antiwar” (only when it comes to the US defending itself) but were really just paid agitators assigned the job of trying to demoralize Americans. They supported Iran and Iraq and parroted anything the Russians, Chinese, North Koreans, Cubans, Venezuelans, and such were saying, as part of the ANSWER coalition, with great gusto, often receiving paid trips to visit other countries where they were greeted almost as lovers. They shed crocodile tears for detainess that murdered thousands, but no tears for those thousands.

It is all street theater and sleight of hand.

[Libloather]

[Liz]

[wildcard_redneck]

I do

[Tired of Taxes]

I remember.

I’m not a fan of Putin or Zelensky, but...

Did Hillary criticize her husband, Bill, when he said he trusted Putin?

Video: https://x.com/sabback/status/1896729737466458366

And remember, Obama was caught on hot mic assuring Medvedev he’d have more flexibility after the election, and Medvedev promised he’d let Putin know:

Video: https://x.com/search?q=obama%20putin%20hot%20mic&src=typed_query

[tired&retired]

I remember Bush walking around holding hands with the Saudi Prince.

With the caption on the pic, “What happens in Texas stays in Texas.”

[Dr. Franklin]

Bush the Lesser told us that he had looked into Putin's eyes and seen his soul. This would have been a much better country already if "Dubya" had never been elected. Or re-elected for that matter.

And Colin Powell responded: “Mr. President, I looked into President Putin’s eyes and I saw the KGB.” This was before Putin shot down Polish President Kaczynski's jet, assassinating Kaczynski and killing his entire entourage, and Putin invaded Ukraine and Georgia.

[usafa92]

And the juvenile Shrub nicknamed him Pootie-Poot.

[boycott]

Relations with Russia were good until Obama got elected. The Democrats, with Hillary as Secretary of State, felt some need to create a bogeyman. The deep state and military industrial complex need a bogeyman too. Putin and Russia were their easy target to achieve their goals.

Under obama, a bogeyman couldn’t be Muslims, who were our real enemies at the time. White men were more politically correct to make our enemy. Democrats “reset” things with Russia that didn’t need resetting. They are the ones that harmed relations with Russia.

[SaveFerris]

[Anyone Remember when George W. Bush used to drive Putin around his ranch?]

I was thinking about just that no more than 2-3 hours ago

[RandFan]

Fair summary. They’re meddlers.

[buwaya]

At the time the US was busy helping Pootie-Poot build out his oil&gas infrastructure. It was clear that Putin & co. were going to become MUCH wealthier.

He COULD have been a force for good.

[buwaya]

Putin created himself, whatever Obama did. He decided to make his creature Yuschenko pull a Lukashemko puppet move.

A stupid move, he wanted overt puppets for the sake of vanity. And just as he was riding highest.

[SaveFerris]

Looks like Democrat Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton was involved in Russian Collusion

[ifinnegan]

I remember when Hillary Clinton gave him a bunch of uranium.

[Tell It Right]

During the debate, Romney pointed out that Obama was getting too cozy with Russia and that Russia was still an enemy. Obama told him that the 80's called and wanted their cold war back.

Don't forget Sec of State Hillary's "reset" button (or was it energize? LOL) and her grift money from Uranium One.

But we're supposed to think it's a big deal that Bush Jr drove Putin around in a pickup during their talks? Give me a break.

[Tell It Right]

During the debate, Romney pointed out that Obama was getting too cozy with Russia and that Russia was still an enemy. Obama told him that the 80's called and wanted their cold war back.

Don't forget Sec of State Hillary's "reset" button (or was it energize? LOL) and her grift money from Uranium One.

But we're supposed to think it's a big deal that Bush Jr drove Putin around in a pickup during their talks? Give me a break.