A few things to add...
1 thru 3) Ditto, ditto, and ditto, what ObieX said.
4) I'm surprised no one brought this up, but after the breakup of the communist USSR, the people adopted a deomcracy. No one... well not too many people, freaked out and were like "crap, it's democracy!" Most of those that did freak out didn't freak out for long. Not to mention that the people of Russia could have easily voted in a dictatorial governement by simply electing candidates who were in favor of reverting to that system (and those candidates definitely existed). Being that the Russian people chose to accept democracy, I feel Bush is right in asserting Putin's actual position to him, as he is having strong dictatorial tendencies. Putin should not be allowed to become a dictator unless the people legitamately choose him as such.
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