[mercedesrules]

The story:http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20031015/frontpage/124463.shtml

Sample letters:http://www.theolympian.com/home/services/newsroom/extras/Letters/


WASHINGTON -- An Army battalion commander has taken responsibility for a campaign that sent hundreds of identical letters to hometown newspapers promoting his soldiers' rebuilding efforts in Iraq.

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[Waitone]

And the problem is what?

The military can't do what the NRA, AARP, NAACP, EDF, GOA, and a blue gazillion other advocacy organizations do every single day, day in and day out.

[BryanP]

And the problem is what?

The military can't do what the NRA, AARP, NAACP, EDF, GOA, and a blue gazillion other advocacy organizations do every single day, day in and day out.

The NRA writes letters to the editor and signs the name of specific members without their knowledge or approval? Methinks not.

Or, as a better analogy, what if your boss were an anti and he started writing letters to the editor of the local paper that were anti-RKBA in nature and signed your name to them?

From the story I heard on the radio yesterday, many of the soldiers in question have read the letter and had no problem with the content, just with the fact that their names were signed to them without being asked. A legitimate gripe, I'd have to say.

[telomerase]

And the problem is what?

The problem is that this is supposed to be the United States, not Soviet Russia c. 1925. There is not supposed to be a Ministry of Propaganda; we citizens are supposed to do all our own lying and wishful thinking.

[Camel]

It sounds to me like the soldiers signed their own names to the letters. I dont see anything wrong with that.

[Destructo6]

It was a form letter, no more, no less. Really not a big deal.

[BryanP]

It sounds to me like the soldiers signed their own names to the letters.

According to several news accounts quite a few of them didn't sign their names, their names were signed and the letters mailed off without their knowledge.