I heard that....the old "bad attention, is better than no attention at all" creed that Kim Jong-Il and Ahmanutjob live by.
Well...hopefully, President Bush will start dealing with Putin the way he deals with those two...he DOESN'T.
We should not reward bad behaviour.
BTW, did you ever read the long Newsweak article on the trip the President made to Russia last year? If not, I highly recommend reading it. MSNBC had it online at the time.