So apparently Grand (not really) Ayatollah Sistani received a hand-delivered letter from George W. Bush. He refused to open it, or have it translated it. Sistani always has the most weak responses to everything. He was weak in his opposition to Saddam, and he is weak in his opposition to US occupation. This is the man who told Shi`ites that they can sell products to US soldiers provided they tell them politely that they should leave Iraq. (My friend Salih does not like it at all when I say anything negative about Sistani.)