I've always felt that politicians who are very quick to repeat the slogan "support the troops" do so only as a political rhetorical ploy--not with any honest feeling behind the slogan or, certainly not with any intention of actually doing something to support them (read: give them the right armor to take into combat).

Now, a new poll of U.S. troops serving in Iraq shows that 29 percent of the troops think that we should pull out immediately. And 72 percent think we should be out within one year.

So, the message to pro-war politicians like Hillary Clinton, who refuse to call for an immediate end to the invasion or even contemplate a timetable for withdrawal, is clear: the troops are saying that if you want to support us, bring us home now.