Zachem liubit' zachem stradats kol' vse puti vedut v kravat'" (A Russian proverb)
"Why to love, why to suffer if all the roads lead to bed" (English please!)
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Imagine a wedding scene where the groom - US is about to tie the knowt with the bride - Russia. It's the biggest red carpet event of the world, all the media of the world have pre-booked this day in advance, tehre's tight secutiry around the world around the clock, the guests are exquisite couples of countries either in happy marriage or a sad one, about to devorce, or recently widowed. The priest of a suspiciously mixed up denomination resembling neither man nor woman, neither an animal, nor a plant, some kind of a permanent fixture that's been continuously blessing all the major global world events and meetings of all calibers and diameters starting from the UN, passing through G6, G7, G8, G10, G12, G15, G20, IFIs, ending in the EU and wherever there's a huge union about to happen (the Gulf states, for example).
So, this priest raises his holy guacamoly of a blessing item and utters "Dearly beloved, we're gathered here today to join these two in a holy matre-patre-mony for the sake of generations to come. You shall love each other in poverty or immeasurable riches, n health and in crippled crisis times, you're to love each other even when cheating or inclining to on one another". He then gives a long speeh on how long so many generations hoped that after hundreds of years of continuous murderous hatred, actual Wars and threats of War, the couple's dating history has kept the entire world at their info screens (relevant to that period's information tools and techs). he mildly mentions the "necessary" occasional millions of victims that had to be sacrificed for this holy day to arrive.
Then he takes a long pause, looks into the groom and bride's eyes praisingly and says "I now pronounce you a husband and wife. You may kiss the bride". And just when the cheers of crowd applauds to the couple's first warm embrace as a married couple - the priest/non-Priest pulls out a package somewhere from one of his pockets and addresses the couple "I couldn't let you go just like this! Here's my gift to you, a packaged honeymoon trip to Afghanistan, all expenses covered. Enjoy a decade of sunshine and desert conquering and let's hope you'll come out of it stronger as a couple than ever before"...(more... http://grishoyedova.blogspot.com/p/politicsnmore.html)
