[kitkat]

Thanks, rintense.

Only George W. Bush could be friendly towards Putin and still stay true to his own values, and that of his country.

[mattdono]

Just like Ronald Reagan in Rikyavik (sp?) with Gorby: freezing cold weather (no overcoat); Gorby lumbering out of his flash car (Ronnie regally walking down the step...with a milion-dollar smile plastered all over his face.

Result of Rikyavik: Game, set, and match.

The right thing is the right thing. Puty can try to be nostalgic about Russia's past, but it doesn't change the geo-political landscape. Democracy is taking root in, of all places, the Middle East...so much so that people in Lebanon (LEBANON!) are comparing the election in Iraq to the fall of the Berlin Wall!

Puty can either get back on track and shut his Rusky yapper with all of the "we'll do democracy our way"-BS or fall by the wayside...again.