Originally Posted by cmac2012

I saw Bush and Putin on stage together last night on the tube. Bush was saying, "It's time for Hez-bowl-a to put down their weapons and negotiate peace," or some such nonsense and sounding like a hayseed to boot. Like anyone is going to pay a second's worth of heed to such remarks. It would help his image in the world if he could pronounce things in such a way that might indicate that he had acutally participated in some discussions -- in person or just observing on the tube even -- concerning the situation.

Meanwhile, Putin, a black belt in one of the martial arts, comes across as a way stronger and sharper character. We're in trouble when the head of Russia looks like he could kick our president's heine in any one of about 7 mental or physical contests.