23 November 2002 BUSH’S SUMMIT WITH PUTIN IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA.

23 November 2002 

BUSH’S SUMMIT WITH PUTIN IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. 

Putin’s seemingly tepid support of Bush’s Iraq invasion was ultimately self-serving. The war in Iraq would raise the price of oil boosting Russian GDP. Putin also rubbed shit in Bush’s face during the St. Petersburg meeting, by calling attention to the lie that fifteen of the hijackers came from Saudi Arabia. Putin was pushing Bush in the direction of increasing the tensions between America and its vassals in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Both of them knew that Saudi Arabia was not responsible for the attacks of 9-11. Both of them knew that Russia had attacked America. Bush who had gone into his presidency promising a hardline on Russia was now saying publically how he had looked into Putin’s eyes and saw his soul. This was a 180 degree reversal in his rhetoric. Of course this did not stop Bush from ramping up a war in Chechnya, his support for terrorist attacks on Russian civilians or CIA sponsored assassination attempts on Putin, because it was all rhetorical.