Man Claims Condi Rice Was Dumped By Iranian Boyfriend

[matcom]

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PERPLEXED by the vitriol of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's attacks on Iran, one lawmaker believes he has uncovered the secret of her enmity - that she was spurned by an Iranian boyfriend at college.

"The reason that the US Secretary of State attacks Iran is because she had her heart broken by a young man from Qazvin while they were students," a confident Shokrollah Attarzadeh was quoted as saying.
Somewhat mysteriously, he added: "This is the result of an investigation by a woman MP, who cannot be named."

Qazvin is an unremarkable city 150km from Tehran, hitherto not known for playing a major role Iran-US relations, which have been frozen for a quarter of a century.

Attarzadeh did not offer any other details on the alleged affair or, for that matter, any interesting new proposal on how ties between the two arch-enemies could be warmed up.

Surprising as it may be, amorous explanations for diplomatic machinations are nothing new here.

It was rumoured last year that German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer hardened his tone towards Iran after acquiring a girlfriend who supports the exiled opposition.

The alleged leniency of International Atomic Energy Agency director Mohammad ElBaradei towards Iran's nuclear programme has also been explained by ... him having an Iranian wife.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15777195-13762,00.html

[tjdee]

1. Yes, because women can never make decisions like rational people.

:eyes:

How sexist, honestly. She, like any woman, was so distraught by this guy she joined up with the neo-cons with the goal of one day being Secretary of State to say horrible things about Iran.

Riiiiiight.

[GreenArrow]

3. "hell hath no fury..."

Interestingly, the two additional examples cited in the article, both involved male politicians.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Self-deleted.

[xultar]

4. So does that mean Saddam broke it off with Bush?

:wow: