Apparently at the urging of Richard Perle and others, including John McCain, George has decided to get a bit tougher with his soulmate Vladimir Putin.
Despite playing the Chechnya card, an issue George has often stated is a matter of internal affairs, the real spur in the cowboy’s saddle appears to be the recent jailing of Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Power points on handling aggressive tycoons were faxed to Russia entitled ‘Enron: The Fallout’. However the signs continue to suggest the situation is much more complex.
For good measure mention of the recent Duma elections are included in this developing attitude.
George will do all he can to get the new dialogue down. He’s preoccupied offering condolences to the son of Azerbaijan’s former President Geidar Aliev.
“Aliev died in Cleveland , Ohio , on Friday” and will be buried today in a state funeral in Baku.