Foreign Correspondence

[otraque]

A big part of the philosophy of Quietism is to say much very quietly, or without words at all.
This sentence demonstrates an exclamation of how Sistani communicates to his people----they get the message.
<<Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most influential Shiite leader, never meets with American officials. But when Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi arrived in Iraq this week, the revered Iranian-born cleric threw open his doors.>>

Sistani believes chatter doesn't have impact.
The day he simply sends out a one sentence official message << It is time for America to leave Iraq>>, america is finished.