Back when CMBB first came out in '02 there were a bunch of threads exactly like this one. All complaining about the morale and suppression being too much or too hard. So, what happen to all those people? Simple, they got better and realized the new suppression model is far better than CMBO, harder but much more realistic.
When in doubt, take another turn or two to suppress more. But the morale model isn't retarded, it's just threads like this that are.