Iraq should be divided
Re “Biden Offers Alternative Plan for Iraq,” May 2
The plan of Sen. Joseph Biden Jr. (D-Del.) to divide Iraq into three separate countries is an excellent idea, but how does he expect to get the Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites to agree on the borders? It could take 200 years of haggling.
My solution: Let Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) gerrymander the place.
JOHN BLUMENTHAL
Westlake Village
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There is no basis, historically, for the preservation of Iraq. The only logical solution would be for it to be broken up into three separate entities. Kurdistan is already a de facto republic, and there is sectarian violence between the Sunnis of central Iraq and the southern Shiites.
Democracy cannot be imposed from the outside. It is time to let the Iraqis determine their own destiny -- and for the U.S. to get into another quagmire next door in Iran.
NABIL AL-MURABIT
Century City
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