(Bushova lhostejnost vůči této ruské hrozbě – kterou dramaticky ilustrovalo jeho nefalšované objetí s& Putinem v& Pekingu, zatímco ruské tanky vjížděly do Gruzie – možná vedla Kreml k& domněnce, že mu tato invaze projde.)
(Bush’s inattentiveness to this Russian threat – dramatically illustrated by his literal embrace of Putin in Beijing as Russian tanks rolled into Georgia – may have led the Kremlin to think it could get away with its invasion.)