Veto 10, originally uploaded by Jadzia Imani.

House Democrats have lost faith in our troops and they’re not afraid publicly declare it. That’s certainly how I interpret today’s 223-201 vote for a bill that would set a timetable to leave Iraq beginning in 120 days. While Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) and Democrats may have won the vote today, they sent a horrible message to our brave men and women overseas.

Fortunately, the Democrats’ public-relations stunt was mostly symbolic without any real teeth. Even House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D.-Md.) admitted the bill was a political charade to appease the antiwar crowd. “If we don’t do anything, these groups will feel like we haven’t done anything,” Hoyer said. The Democrats certainly did something. The wrong thing.