On “Meet the Press,” Edwards was asked why the French and Germans are going to send troops to Iraq if Kerry is elected when they both have said they won’t. His answer was that they both will if we train Iraqi troops fast enough. What? This makes no sense. First, if we train Iraq troops there will less need for foreign troops in Iraq, so the question of getting foreign assistance becomes much less important. Second, if Iraqis can begin to take care of their own security needs, the last thing they are going to want is yet more foreign troops there on the ground. The whole Kedwards France Germany thing is an illusion, and an incoherent one at that.