A soldier who contradicts his CO is likely to find himself cleaning latrines, if he's lucky. Of course they're going to say they agree with the letters they didn't write.
Through this very web site, I found a form letter to send to John Ashcroft protesting the patriot act. There was a space where I could add my own comments, and I did. (What's more, all of them were printable.) I wasn't asked to send that letter to friends or family, or the New York Times as my own words, nor would I. (Writer, a six letter word pronounced egotist.)