President Bush is openly mulling the idea of sending more troops to Iraq to bolster the faltering security situation in that country. The notion, however, is laughable. If the president embraces this foolhardy premise as it appears he is destined to do, it will do nothing to strengthen security. 10,000 troops here, 15,000 troops there will do nothing in the grand scheme of things, perhaps a few million would make a difference, anything less is meaningless.

What the president should do is move to reduce the US troops strength in that embattled nation, forcing the Iraqi government to augment the security vacuum or falter. If the government falters so be it, nothing is gained by the deaths of more US soldiers in a wasted effort to bolster a government destined to embrace Iran as a partner.

Iraq like much of the radical Islamist world is all but beyond hope and if it is to be saved, the Iraqis must be its savior. Democracy cannot be imposed with any realistic hope of taking root. Indeed, our continued military presence in that country only strengthens the resolve of radicals and weakens the hopes for true democracy.
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