Letters: May 15, 2006

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Do those gentlemen really think that demoralizing the military by casting doubt on the civilian leadership in the middle of a war is in the best interest of the country or the troops? MICHAEL A. PACER Helendale, Calif.

Comrade Hu Comes Calling

Re "Hu's Coming To Lunch" [April 24]: In visiting our democratic country, Chinese President Hu Jintao represented not China's people but the Chinese Communist Party, which has been holding that nation's people hostage for more than a half-century. Under Mao Zedong, Chinese communists caused more than 70 million deaths. Today the Chinese are still not a free people. Many democracy advocates and religious workers are incarcerated in labor camps without due process of law. People are not allowed to organize political parties, and the government has strict control of the mass media. Thus the Chinese people are blindfolded. TIMOTHY HO Anaheim, Calif.

Walling Off Hope

TIME reported on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's plans to complete a wall separating Israel from the Palestinians [April 17]. Olmert should consider India's partition into two states. Did it result in cessation of conflict? Partition does not work. PATRICIA DANIEL Norwich, England

The Price Isn't Right

Re "Sweet 16 and Spoiled Rotten" [April 24]: MTV's reality show My Super Sweet 16 verges on the nauseating. It is nearly unbearable to witness the whining of greedy teenage girls while their fathers cough up hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single party and a luxury automobile. Is it any wonder the rest of the world hates us? FERN GALPERIN Stamford, Conn.