Obama must ponder if his hesitation to cooperate with Maliki, whom he considers corrupt, inefficient and sectarian, can be maintained when faced with the possibility of the arrival of ISIS.
What's important is that Bush loved his dog Barnie, long considered him his good friend and, most importantly, never talked about politics with him. Perhaps Barnie never discussed politics so as to avoid dying at an early age.
"Both leaders agreed that both governments have many differences that cannot be overcome at present, but they agreed that they tried to overcome those differences and always listened to each other. At this point they believe that their successors will do the same."