A bloke you hate, laugh at, despise, dismiss.... whatever.
He's the elected leader of arguably the most influential economy and power in the world, and like him or not I think that rational people on our side of the political fence (i.e. a western democratic society) have to put up with him while he's in power. I don't like him, the man, any more that any or you - but I think that for little 'ol Australia to have him here ATM is testamant to our standing in the world community and maybe we could be a little courteous to all attending this summit. A big expense in the global scale of where we fit in the world? I think not.
Then again - maybe I'm too conservative...... or maybe I still respect the position and title of the President of the United States over and above the individual figurehead. Like it or not - I guess that this person has a hell of a lot to do with our own well being here in Oz.
Putin is here too - and I think that maybe he is intrinsically more evil given his own ties to the KGB and the fact that he's turmning a blind eye to the Russians dumping nuclear waste sourced from Australia in the Pacific.
On on another note - this whole shebang could have been held in Canberra and full security could have been had for about a buck fifty.
