Sounds about right

Cliff May posted something he called Marine Notes today. It sounds about par for the course if you've read any milblogging or related commentary of late. That is to say it reflects the narrative coming from many folks on the ground who are doing the actual work, not just "reporting" it from the Green Zone.

The take-away: [M]orale among our guys is very high. They not only believe that they are winning, but that they are winning decisively. They are stunned and dismayed by what they see in the American press, whom they almost universally view as against them. The embedded reporters are despised and distrusted. They are inflicting casualties at a rate of 20-1 and then see shit like "Are we losing in Iraq" on TV and the print media. For the most part, they are satisfied with their equipment, food and leadership. Bottom line though, and they all say this, is that there are not enough guys there to drive the final stake through the heart of the insurgency, primarily because there aren't enough troops in-theater to shut down the borders with Iran and Syria.