Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama

President George W. Bush: And partly it because the line of attack is too tempting for Bush, who expected to announce he running for president on Monday, to pass up: With it, he can knock President Barack Obama as being a weak leader and implicitly criticize leading Democratic contender Hillary Clinton for an unsuccessful "reset" with Russia, according to CNN. The sticky wicket How to keep Putin in check, and more salient to the politics of a crowded Republican field, whether to provide details. But ask about Russian President Vladimir Putin -- of whom former President George W. Bush once said that he "got a sense of his soul" -- and older brother Jeb gets right to the point: "He a bully." Jeb Bush has no trouble laying into Putin partly because George Bush own relationship with the Russian leader deteriorated over his term, to a point where he and just about every other Republican agree Putin is a threat that needs to be contained. Jeb Bush foreign policy strategy: 'I am my own man' "I think to deal with Putin, you need to deal from strength. Putin is a perfect whipping boy for Republicans as his support for separatists' hostile takeover of Ukraine combined with his condescending rhetoric toward the United States have revived Cold War rivalries between the two countries. He a bully," Bush said in Berlin Wednesday, repeating a message he using throughout his Europe trip this week. "You enable bad behavior when you're nuanced with a guy like that." He continued, "I'm not talking about being bellicose, but saying, 'Here are the consequences of your actions.' And that would deter the kind of bad outcome that we don't want to see." And at the close of separate remarks in Berlin Tuesday, Bush took a final shot at Clinton and Obama. "I think there lots to do, and we're beginning to realize the 'reset button' didn't turn out so hot," he said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.