At their first meeting in 2001, President Bush said famously that he had looked into the eyes of President Putin and got “a sense of his soul” but he subsequently pursued policies that Putin vigorously opposed or just tolerated. Russia was then coming to terms after disastrous years of President Boris Yeltsin. Observers believe the Bush administration could not shed the Cold War mentality and wanted to poke in the “Russian eyes” at every possible opportunity.
Some of the actions may deserve mention below:
First, in 2002, Bush abrogated the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972. Washington and Moscow signed …read more
Source: DhakaCourier
