More troops, not less, are being sent to Iraq.

At a time when the Pentagon hoped to be withdrawing troops from Iraq, ABC News has learned additional U.S. troops are going in.

Pentagon officials tell ABC news that two battalions — about 1,300 troops — are moving into Iraq from Kuwait. With the additional troops, there will be more than 134,000 U.S. troops in Iraq.

Officials say the troops are going for two reasons. First, they will provide reinforcements for ongoing operations against insurgents in the Sunni triangle. Second, they will provide additional security for the new Iraqi government which is expected to be named this weekend in Baghdad.

The Bush administration is pinning all of its hopes on this new Iraqi government solving all of the problems in Iraq. This is the problem with making policy or military decisions on faith alone. It is very unlikely that reality will meet their imagined goals.

But for he sake of our troops and the Iraqi people I certainly hope that for once Bush is right.