What exactly did Bush see in Putin's soul?

Russian President Vladimir Putin thought the mikes were off. He was wrong. This is the result."

Say hi to your president. He turned out to be quite a powerful person. He raped 10 women. We’re all amazed. We all envy him."

This is the man about whom President Bush said:

"I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue.

I was able to get a sense of his soul."

Now that his buddy has endorsed him perhaps it will facilitate a state visit to Washington for Israeli President Moshe Katsav.