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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Picture of the Day




This one's a little old. From their first day in Beijing, hours before the Georgian conflict started.

(Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin greets U.S. President George W. Bush as U.S. First Lady Laura Bush, gestures, during their meeting in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Anatoly Maltsev, Pool))

posted by mikevotes at 6:10 AM

3 Comments:

  • They don't hug much in this part of the world. See Putin's right arm? I can tell you he was not comfortable with this no matter the political situation; on a personal level, this made him uncomfortable for sure.

    By Blogger Praguetwin, at 5:40 PM  

  • A handshake pulled into a hug?

    Sort of related, one of the iconic pictures in my Bush album i the picture of him pulling back Chinese PM Hu by the sleeve and Hu looking shocked that anyone would touch him like that.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 10:02 PM  

  • "Sort of related, one of the iconic pictures in my Bush album i the picture of him pulling back Chinese PM Hu by the sleeve and Hu looking shocked that anyone would touch him like that."

    Bush advisor: "Why did you touch Hu like that? You know he doesn't like it"

    Bush: "Who?"

    Bush advisor: "The Chinese pm"

    Bush: "Who you talking about?"

    Bush advisor: "Yes, him"

    By Blogger realist, at 11:39 AM  

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