[KantianBurke]

Color me skeptical that the Marine in question who owned the flag had no idea about its origins. And while one should roll their eyes about the hoopla surrounding peeing on dead insurgents, Nazi idolatry has no place in our military.

[762X51]

These guys are bad asses that kill the enemy and instill terror. Let them work.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"The image has since surfaced on an Internet blog, sparking widespread outrage and calls for a full investigation and punishment, including bringing those in the photograph and anyone who condoned it to court martial."

Liberals, always out to ruin peoples lives. Chew them out and move on.

[Yo-Yo]

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.

A result, no doubt, from receiving a public school education.

[mockingbyrd]

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.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

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.

[McGruff]

I saw a picture of this on CNN this morning. It’s a real stretch to compare it to a Nazi flag.

[Fresh Wind]

Photoshop job?

[greatvikingone]

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.

[Hot Tabasco]

Given the lack of knowledge about history by today’s youth, I think these guys were indeed clueless.......

[andy58-in-nh]

Anyone with a modest grade school education or even a passing interest in military history ought to know exactly what that symbol means.

[Jack Hammer]

Is there ANYTHING AT ALL over which some dweeb SOMEWHERE won’t take offense these days?

People these days have their noses so far up everyone ELSE’S butts nowadays that it’s amazing anyone at all can see what the heck they’re doing with their OWN lives.

[VoyagerXII]

I am willing to believe that this was an ignorant mistake...Looks like the Corps has handled it correctly...Why use a lame Nazi looking symbol when the Marine Corps has the Eagle,Globe,and Anchor?

Just for fun, Google “45th infantry patch”

[Feckless]

The Marines believed the SS symbol was meant to represent sniper scouts

History (among other things)is not being taught in our schools....

[org.whodat]

I just do not get the current crop of GI’s and the ignorance of shooting themselves in the foot with a damn camera.

[TomGuy]

It could have worse — it could have been the Stars and Bars.

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[ari-freedom]

We went to war and thousands of US soldiers were killed because of the Nazis. Who knows? Maybe 50 years from now, US soldiers will stand behind an al qaeda flag and not remember what it once stood for. :/

[Future Snake Eater]

Man, that was dumb. There’s no defense for this one.

[WayneS]

Our schools no longer teach history. I would venture a guess that few, if any of these Marines are over 30 years of age.

It seems entirely feasible to me that most of these young men were unaware of the evil which is associated with the letters ‘SS’ (in this case standing for 'Scout Sniper') when they are depicted using that particular style/font.

I have to say that even though I KNOW what a nazi SS logo looks like, the blue field on the flag actually ‘threw’ me for a few seconds. When the picture came up on the TV screen this morning and the newscaster excitedly reported on the new Marine Corps ‘controversy’, I had to look at the flag at least twice before the thought “oh, yeah, that looks like an SS logo” triggered in my mind and I understood why the reporter seemed to be on the verge of an apoplectic fit.

[2ndamendmentpa]

Uh-oh!(via google images)

[USAF80]

Well with the repeal of DADT the booty bandits may be coming out of the closets in force. Peeing on the dead, the SS symbol can all be signs that the Pink Swastika is starting to take over. I hope I’m wrong.