"Nuts"
Posted on 02/10/2012 4:37:35 AM PST by KantianBurke
SAN DIEGO – The Marine Corps on Thursday once again did damage control after a photograph surfaced of a sniper team in Afghanistan posing in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS -- a special unit that murdered millions of Jews, gypsies and others. The Corps said in a statement that using the symbol was not acceptable, but the Marines in the photograph taken in September 2010 will not be disciplined because investigators determined it was a naive mistake. The Marines believed the SS symbol was meant to represent sniper scouts and never intended to be associated with a racist organization, said Maj. Gabrielle Chapin, a spokeswoman at Camp Pendleton, where the Marines were based.
Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, headquartered in Los Angeles, said he does not buy the explanation that posing with the flag was an innocent mistake and insisted the American public has a right to know what happened.
"If you look at any book on the Nazi period, this is the dreaded symbol of the SS, and to have a Marine Corps unit adopt it and put it beside the American flag when 200,000 Americans died to free the world of that dreaded symbol is just beyond the pale," he said.
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These guys are bad asses that kill the enemy and instill terror. Let them work.
Yes, they are badasses, and we should let them work. Nazi insignia, however, have no place in anyone’s military.
"Nuts"
Has anyone a picture of what this supposed SS symbol looked like? That might add some context - maybe it is a stretch to interpret as Nazi-like.
A result, no doubt, from receiving a public school education.
I agree with you about Nazi idolatry. But considering how many high school grads can’t even find the Pacific Ocean on a map, I find it believable that they were really that clueless.
The keyword in the media slur against the Marines is “resembling”. Note that the current regime and their worthless adherents does not resemble the Nazis.
I saw a picture of this on CNN this morning. It’s a real stretch to compare it to a Nazi flag.
It doesn’t just “resemble” the SS symbol, it is the SS symbol! I wonder who came up with that bright idea…
“It’s a real stretch to compare it to a Nazi flag.”
Not true. See post 11.
Photoshop job?
Looks just like the S’s in the KISS logo.
http://rockenestadopuro.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/kiss-logo.jpg
Those are just the last two letters in the rock group “KISS”
Want to see a Nazi symbol on Fashion Wear look at Columbia Sports wear logo, a double swastika. Big deal.
It is getting to where a fellow can’t go out in a white hood anymore without somebody taking offense.
Chill out political correctness goobers.
Sadly no. The Corps had an investigation and initiated corrective action.
Sadly no. The Corps had an investigation and initiated corrective action.
How are a bunch of young guys supposed to know that flag had anything to do with Nazis? People need to get their panties out of a wad about symbols - they mean different things to different people. Grow a spine America.
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