Propaganda shotgunning the land

Tune into what seems to be a red-handed BUST of an " astroturf" type propaganda campaign.
Metafilter speaks of a Pro-Iraq, " alls just fine" Letter printed in many Local papers , alledgedly signed by different troops, yet all the letters are the same glowing report of how Iraq is just peachy. sick.

Here is The google search it points to.

How can one explain such oddities ? might it be a Gov sponsored counter campaign against such Valid stories as this :Troops in an "AWOL State of Mind "