No More Pootie-Poot

Published February 23, 2005

President George W. Bush leaves the flourishing metropolis of Mainz on the evening of Feb. 23, after meeting with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, and flies to Bratislava for a dinner with Russia's President Vladimir Putin. (Mainz? Bratislava? Not Berlin and Moscow? Is Mr. Bush avoiding European crowds?) The Russian and American presidents will doubtlessly maintain a polite facade, but it's unlikely that Bush...