> GEORGE BUSH SAYS VLADIMIR PUTIN IS ONE OF HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS
>
> PUSHKIN, LENINGRAD REGION, November 22 /from RIA Novosti's special
> correspondent/ - President George W. Bush believes Vladimir Putin to be one
> of his closest friends. The US leader said that Friday when addressing a
> news
> conference after talks with President Putin.
>
Let's see, in the statement you send, Putin refers to "Mr. President" and Bush refers to "Vladimir." Who is in charge of protocol? What lets that inequity slip through?
I have more than once seen Putin and Bush together with Putin looking like he's about to eat glass and Bush has his Alfred E. Neuman mug on. I think if they were real friends, equals, peers, Bush would at least get to refer to him by a nickname and I have not idea what Putin would get to do in return!
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