I am one of those rare Iranians that get married to one of those rare Americans, specially when this seems to be the dumbest thing to do when everybody knows that Iran and USA are oil and water -- they just won't mix, unless you pour them in a big bottle and shake well for 3 years and heat up for the next 30 years -- that's how it worked between John and I, at least: We waited for 3 years for the paperwork to be done before I got my visa to come here on May, and probably we will wait for the next 30 years for things to naturally get resolved between us, simply because we belong to two different worlds: I am Iranian, he is American. I guess almost the same thing is going on between Bush and Ahmadinejad. The only difference here is first, there is no marriage (thank God!), second, I am a bit more good-looking than Ahmadinejad (he is probably not as nasty as I am, though) and John is definitely much more handsdome than Bush (and much more intelligent, of course), and third, Ahmadinejad does not have to sleep in the same bed with Bush, thus tolerating his ear-splittingly loud snores!
In regard to the similarities between my marriage and Iran/USA relationship, I should say both are replicas of what they clinically call a "love-hate relationship", neither of the two parties is ready to admit that their policy literally "sucks", and finally both parties are concerned about the nuclear issues (since every now and then it gets radio-actively hot between John and I, we need to seriously watch out, but well... you can imagine the interaction between an Iranian girl and an American guy with Spanish/Italian/Arab genes can result in a nuclear explosion!)
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