DEAR AMERICA

[substitute]

I AM FINE. WE ARE WINNING THE WAR HERE IN IRAQ. THE LOCALS LOVE US. I WAS HURT A BIT IN ACTION BUT I WILL BE BRAVE. DONALD RUMSFELD IS A GOOD, KIND MAN. THERE ARE MANY STATUES OF GEORGE BUSH HERE. PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE NEGATIVE NONSENSE FROM THE LIBERAL MEDIA.

SEND MY LOVE TO $RELATIVE_1 AND $RELATIVE_2, AND TELL $PET TO BE A GOOD $PET_TYPE. PLEASE SEND COOKIES.

REMEMBER TO VOTE FOR OUR PRESIDENT!

LOVE,

$SOLDIER

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/13/iraq/main577716.shtml

Comments

[kennfusion.livejournal.com]

Of course the article is funny as all hell. More though for the idiocy in the Army PR department though. Ghost writing is a fairly normal PR practice in all sectors. Telling soldiers that if they would like their names in the paper, and they wont even have to write a word (which might not be possible for some grunts to do on thier own) would easily produce enough to agree to the 'intent' of the letter. Someone just got lazy and did not create a new letter for each individual soldier.