Say Anything Blog

If I was in high school still, I’d be reassured. “He’s cool.”

TOYAKO, Japan — President George W. Bush looked into the eyes of Russia’s new president, Dimitri A. Medvedev, on Monday and saw, he said, “a smart guy.”

The exchange brought to mind Mr. Bush’s first meeting with Mr. Putin, at Brdo Castle in Slovenia in June 2001, when Mr. Bush famously said he had “looked the man in the eye” and “was able to get a sense of his soul.”
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“You know,” Mr. Bush said, “I’m not going to sit here and psychoanalyze the man, but I will tell you that he’s very comfortable, he’s confident, and that I believe that when he tells me something, he means it.”

Honestly, these two meet and we hear about Bush’s birthday.

“I congratulated George on his birthday, which is also a very important thing, irrespective of summits out there — irrespective of our will, these dates occur in our life.”

Hmmmmm. I wonder if they had a chance to talk about Bout and his precarious legal situation.