Matt Damon would 'Kiss George W Bush on the mouth for three seconds for his AIDS relief work'...but with no tongues!

Matt Damon wants to kiss George W Bush on the mouth - for three seconds, but no tongue.

That is the surprising reward the former president would receive from the Hollywood star for his work to help AIDS relief in Africa.

Naturally more left-leaning than the 43rd President of the United States, nonetheless, Damon, 41, sees Bush's AIDS relief model as a clear guide for how the Obama administration should work in developing nations.

Voicing his support for the AIDS relief work done by former President George W. Bush, Matt Damon said he would kiss him on the mouth for three seconds

'I would kiss George W. Bush on the mouth for what he did on PEPFAR,' said Damon in an interview with the Atlantic.

'Three seconds. No tongue.'

Referring to the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a plan Bush sanctioned to buy anti-retroviral drugs for AIDS patients in Africa, Damon admitted he wanted to see more from President Obama.

While it is unknown what the former Republican Commander-In-Chief's reaction would be to Matt Damon's statement, he has earned the respect of the Hollywood star

'You would have expected that Obama, with his reputation as a pragmatist, would look at PEPFAR, looked at how effective it is and though that he should make similar investments in other issues, definitely water and sanitation,' said the 'Bourne Identity' star.

As the co-founder of Water.org, Damon wants to highlight the plight of 884 million people who lack access to clean water and the 3.575 million who die from water-borne diseases

An AIDS victim in Africa (left) might have benefited from President George W. Bush's President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, while a cholera victim (right) has not received the same level of support from President Obama according to Matt Damon

However, the actor did acknowledge the changed economic circumstances facing President Obama as opposed to Republican President Bush.

'It's a different world now than it was when Bush was President,' said Damon.

Alluding to the state of the economy, Damon felt that President Obama would face a backlash if he was to fund programs outside of the U.S during the economic recovery.

Matt Damon feels that it is difficult for American's to understand water sanitation problems because the concept is alien to them and said that Bono has experienced similar problems with his 'One' campaign

Once one of President Obama's biggest cheerleaders, Damon has become one of his most vocal critics.

During the course of his recent interview in the Atlantic, Damon declared that 'he took issue with a few of the directions Obama has gone in'.

'When you run on something as vague as hope and change, I think a lot of people put their own s**t on you,' said the 'Contagion' star.

And last year in an article with Elle Magazine, Damon was even more scathing.

In addition to attacking President Obama's lack of relief for water and sanitation issues in the developing world he called his famous 'Hope' and 'Change' slogans vague

'I've talked to a lot of people who worked for Obama at the grassroots level,' said Damon.

'One of them said to me, 'Never again. I will never be fooled again by a politician.

'You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would have been, in the long run of the country, much better.'

And previous to those comments, Damon said that President Obama 'misinterpreted his mandate'.