Troop morale is really low. Looks like the $4 billion a month price tag is not getting us anything but angry Iraqis.

An Iraqi police officer said it well in a Chicago Tribune story yesterday by E.A. Torriero and Laurie Georing:

“If the Americans want to take over our country, then they have to know what they are doing,” said police Lt. Col. Ehsam Kathom, who looks out his windshield through a bullet hole. “If not, they should give us good guns and let us do the job.”

I don’t think that’s a realistic option at this point, but it nicely illustrates the mess we’ve gotten ourselves into.