
The Economist magazine describes the Russian operation in Georgia as a major triumph for Vladimir Putin. “Just five days later, after pulverising the Georgian armed forces, Russia announced that it was ending its operations. This brutal and efficient move was a victory for Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president-turned-prime-minister, not just over Georgia but also over the West…”
nonsense. GW Bush famously “looked him in the eye” and proclaimed Putin a decent man and ally of the USA. (of course Putin looked Bush in the eye and thought 'what a shallow chump these idiots have playing president.')