The bitter reality emerged long ago in the Bush-Cheney US invasion of Iraq and the ambivalent reaction of the Mesopotamian bride to this five year uninvited marriage. Tons of gallons of blood has been shed and still spouse America must lock up his Baghdad bride after five years of wooing, wowing and kapowing.
All remnants of the previous consort have been destroyed from the decimation of statues and wedding photos to the actual execution of the rival. And yet, widow Iraq still has so many suitors that the American lover is just about crazy with jealousy and paranoia.
Best man, Britain has high tailed it for the white cliffs of Dover and the US wedding party has as many opinions on the future of this doubtful union as peanuts in Cracker Jacks. Thus on the fifth anniversary the groom has the bride under lock and key and the sea of suitors are just biding their time for their shot at being Gilgamesh to the seductive Iraqi vinedresser Siduri.
