last part from grunt;

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 PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:29 pm    Post subject: Iraq Sit Rep OUR TROOPS    Reply with quote Back to top
If you read only one of these sit rep threads READ THIS ONE. "Jordan" is a just returned from Iraq USMC E-5, "debriefed" by his father, a retired USMC First Shirt friend of mine.

According to Jordan, morale among our guys is very high. They not only
believe 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 sh-- 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, 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. The Iranians and the
Syrians just cant stand the thought of Iraq being an American ally
(with, of course, permanent US bases there).