For a man who talks so much about democracy and freedom, he certainly makes time for some unusual friends.
Those are the oil-rich dictators Abdullah, Nazarbayev, and Karimov (Bush's birds of a feather)
Bush has no problem whatsoever making time for people who (respectively, and just for starters) jail free-speech advocates, persecute opponents, and even open fire on demonstrators.
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/06/07/uzbeki11077.htm
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/05/16/saudia10955.htm
http://hrw.org/backgrounder/eca/kaza...n_hrupdate.htm
But absolutely no time for injured soldiers.