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While I definatley don't agree with the way that it was distributed or handled, some of you are missing the more important part in your glee......

Sgt. Christopher Shelton, who signed a letter that ran in the Snohomish Herald, said Friday that his platoon sergeant had distributed the letter and asked soldiers for the names of their hometown newspapers. Soldiers were asked to sign the letter if they agreed with it, said Shelton, whose shoulder was wounded during an ambush earlier this year.

"Everything it said is dead accurate. We've done a really good job," he said by phone from Italy, where he was preparing to return to Iraq.

http://www.theolympian.com/home/new...ge/121390.shtml
from gomers link.

Bryan Whitman, a spokesman for the Defense Department, said he was not aware of any coordinated campaign among troops to send letters supportive of the war back home. But Whitman said he would not be surprised, because many U.S. troops are discouraged that not enough positive news is being reported.

from gomers usatoday link...............


And while the soldiers were also uncomfortable with the way it was showing up.....most agreed with the letter. Looks like someone besides me was tired of all the liberals bashing of the war...... someone like perhaps the guys fighting it..