Which Do You Want First?

All of the following are items not getting a lot of press in the main stream media.

Good news:
Some experts think gas prices may go down as much as 75 cents by the end of summer. Combine this possibility with the incredibly good economic news recently and some people may actually run out of things to complain about. … nah.

A brigade of 3500 US soldiers is not being sent to Iraq as planned. It seems that the President's plan of slowly replacing our troops with Iraqis as we win may actually be working (and would you believe there are still "cut and run" folks out there?). Meanwhile Iraq has announced that it's new unified government is finally being formed. Score another one for constitutional democracy.

Bad news:
Many people would consider Iranian President Ahmadinejad's letter to President Bush a positive sign. It is, after all, the first direct communication between the two governments in 27 years. But many of these positive assessments are ignoring that Ahmadinejad is a religious zealot and that this letter, probably a "Da'wa," is actually a shot across the bow. A Da'wa is a form of muslim evangelism, basically saying, "We can get along if you'd just convert to Islam." The implication is that if you don't, violence will ensue.

Ahmadinejad reportedly spoke at a theological school the day after sending the letter and told the students to prepare to "rule the world." This guy really believes the end is coming and his role is to destroy the Jewish state and the infidels. Yikes.