On his imaginary journey through Hell, Dante encountered a she-wolf and found greed lurking in her soul. On his way to Slovenia last year, George W. Bush encountered Putin, and said that when he had looked into the latter's eyes, he had been able to glimpse into his soul - a sentiment he reinforced earlier this year: "See, and I've been proven right. I do trust him."

One hesitates to wonder what the two leaders had seen in each other's souls that likened the trust. Could it have been the anticipation of the inferno that awaits thousands of Iraqis compounded with the carnage that is the destiny of the occupied people of Chechnya - a Hades emblazoned in an ocean of oil?

Yusuf Agha
YellowTimes.org Columnist (United States)

Yusuf Agha is a historian who also dabbles in Information Technology. He reads extensively and has an interest in the visual and performing arts. He has resided in the United States for over two decades, loves its people and the land, but is still trying to figure out whom the government represents.]

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