What an absolute fool! When Bush first met Putin he said, "I looked the man in the eye. I was able to get a sense of his soul."

Later, Bush described Putin as a straightforward and trustworthy man.

With this level of misjudgment and his lack of veracity, it's no wonder that during the last 7 1/2 years he has chosen such advisers as Rove, Rumsfeld, Gonzalez and Rice. Then add Dick Cheney to this mixture.

Our country has been in a rapid spiral from greatness to the depths we are experiencing today.

May God help the American people rise from the ashes of this administration to the deserved high-level world position we experienced in the past.