[OldFriend]

Yeltsin was clearly an alcoholic, Putin's abberant behaviour is more startling, beginning with his need to kiss the little boy's stomach, followed by his crass comment about Cheney.

His comments about Blair's scaldal at home has no place in diplomatic circles.

[Just mythoughts]

Think maybe Putin was put on the "HOT" seat behind closed doors and this was all he could do about it??? Cause while everyone else is gasping over that 'poop' word the President used I want to know who the "they" is that he was referring to??? Could he (President Bush) have been sending his own signal???