Well it's better than nothing. If we leave teh Iraqis to their own devices they will keep killing each other until there is no one left in Iraq. On second thought….

They can campaign all they want, unless the Iraqis go along with there plan it doesn't matter what we think. Unless they think we should dump more troops into Iraq and force this on the Iraqi people. That ought to make things oh so much better…..

Legalized, sectarian segradation based upon religion, what a novel approach. That way we can help the religious extremists cleanse their neighborhoods and assit in the relocation of of those others that could not take the hint.

We can have a Sunni state, a Kurdish State, a Shi state, a Christain neighborhood, and a little spot some where hiden for the others.

Then we can expect them to be able to function as a central government. By the way who gets Bagdad.

However, I will commend the two of them for at very least coming up with an idea to debate. But I think I would rather see Senator Brownback back in Washington, sitting in the Senate doing his job.

On Senator Biden's partition plan:

The United States cannot be seen to have anything whatsoever to do with partitioning Iraq in any way: hard, soft, whatever. Otherwise, we'll just be repeating Great Britain's mistake (again!) in reverse.

As for a conference: why not? Anybody can talk about anything. However, partition will not succeed unless and until the Shia decide it is better for them to share oil revenues and political power equitably, rather than seeking to rule a unified Iraq, a position to which their superior numbers entitles them.
Don't hold your breath.

If only Democrats and Republicans could work together more often to come up with ideas to fix world and domestic problems.

Great JOB on working together on this one Congress!

Sen. Biden WILL NOT get the nomination. As for whether he should: if you want a candidate whose elaborate bouffant is kept aloft by the sheer density of hot gas that emanates from his mouth, then Sen. Dodd is proving to be stiff competition.

Just what we need another partition based upon religion and or hate. So we assist the purification of neighborhoods by sanctioning it. That's really a solution. We need more India's, and Pakastans, or Serbia,and Kosovos pairings in the world. Just how do you think this would help, and what makes you think that Iraq could mantain a central federal government under these conditions. Three ghettos and a cental government what a novel idea.

I tell you one thing, Biden might not get the nomination, but he should.

The Iraqi religious wingnuts are way ahead of these guys, having already cleansed neighborhoods and forced millions into exile. That's why "the surge is working"– most of the ethnic "diversity" is gone. Problem solved. Troops home. Now.