0Embarrassing EmbracesA Western leader might break off a relationship with a despot, but no one can erase the snapshots of them together in happier days. From Bush holding hands with the Saudi king to Obama chatting up Hugo Chavez, see photos.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 12:08AM EDT / Published Dec. 19, 2011 6:02PM EST Getty Images Kim Jong-il and Madeleine AlbrightChien-min Chung / AFP / Getty Images George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Hosni MubarakGetty Images Muammar Gaddafi and Silvio BerlusconiFranco Origlia / Getty Images Tony Blair and Muammar GaddafiPeter Macdiarmid / Getty Images George W. Bush and King AbdullahRod Aydelotte, Pool / Getty Images Barack Obama and King AbdullahJohn Stillwell / AP Photo Jimmy Carter and the shah of IranAP Photo Barack Obama and Hugo ChavezJim Watson, AFP / Getty Images Nelson Mandela and Muammar GaddafiMIke Nelson, AFP / Getty Images Leonid Brezhnev and Erich HoneckerAP Photo Fidel Castro and Richard NixonAP Photo Josef Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston ChurchillPaul Popper, Popperfoto / Getty Images Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam HusseinGetty Images 2009 G-8 SummitJim Watson, AFP / Getty Images
Kim Jong-il and Madeleine AlbrightChien-min Chung / AFP / Getty Images George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Hosni MubarakGetty Images Muammar Gaddafi and Silvio BerlusconiFranco Origlia / Getty Images Tony Blair and Muammar GaddafiPeter Macdiarmid / Getty Images George W. Bush and King AbdullahRod Aydelotte, Pool / Getty Images Barack Obama and King AbdullahJohn Stillwell / AP Photo Jimmy Carter and the shah of IranAP Photo Barack Obama and Hugo ChavezJim Watson, AFP / Getty Images Nelson Mandela and Muammar GaddafiMIke Nelson, AFP / Getty Images Leonid Brezhnev and Erich HoneckerAP Photo Fidel Castro and Richard NixonAP Photo Josef Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston ChurchillPaul Popper, Popperfoto / Getty Images Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam HusseinGetty Images 2009 G-8 SummitJim Watson, AFP / Getty Images