Washington, D.C., December 23, 2025 - The verbatim transcripts of Vladimir Putin's meetings and telephone calls with U.S. president George W. Bush from 2001 to 2008 opened to the public yesterday as the result of a Freedom of Information lawsuit by the National Security Archive.The documents show that Russian president Putin was Bush's close ally in 2001 with their shared anti-terrorism focus, Putin's on Chechnya and Bush's on Al-Qaeda, to the point that Bush exclaimed "You're the type of guy I like to have in the foxhole with me."
That’s a very good explanation of the West’s imperial hubris. What they fail to see is that the world has changed, the balance of power has fundamentally shifted and what worked 40 years ago just does not work anymore today. Their arrogance is proving to be their downfall.
That’s a very good explanation of the West’s imperial hubris. What they fail to see is that the world has changed, the balance of power has fundamentally shifted and what worked 40 years ago just does not work anymore today. Their arrogance is proving to be their downfall.