Group blasts Marine Corps for reviving 'Crusaders' name and symbols

msnbc.com ^ | April 18, 2012 | Kari Huus

[Free ThinkerNY]

A recent decision by the Marine Corps to reinstate "Crusaders" as the name of its Fighter Attack Squadron 122 — replacing "Werewolves" — and adopting the red cross of the medieval Knights Templar was blasted as unconstitutional and willfully ignorant by a civil rights group Wednesday.

"I don’t know that the Marine Corps could do anything more to fuel the cause of jihad," said Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advocates church-state separation. "It will directly end up taking lives and maiming members of our military." Advertise | AdChoices

VMFA-122 based out of Beaufort, S.C., used the Crusaders symbol from 1958 up to 2008, when Lt. Col. William Lieblein pointed out that imagery invoking the Christian conquest and colonization of Muslims during the Middle Ages was counterproductive to U.S. soldiers based across the Arab and Islamic world.

[doorgunner69]

Tough shiite, muzzies.

VMFA-122 was my first squadron, and I rotated to RVN with them in 1967. Learned a lot and sweated a lot loading ordnance on the F-4.

Wish I had the body and health from back then.........

[Huskrrrr]

Can’t imagine the Marines giving in to these panty waists.

[TheBigB]

Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation

I can't take any adult who goes by "Mikey" seriously. At all. Give him some Life cereal and tell him to STFU.

[satan]

Agree ....

A young Navy Pilot was injured while ejecting from his A-4 Skyhawk due
to engine failure during a cat shot from the carrier , but due to the heroics
of rescue helicopter and the ship’s hospital staff the only permanent injury
was the loss of one ear.

Since he wasn’t physically impaired, he remained on flight status and
eventually became an Admiral. However, during his career he was always
sensitive about his appearance.

One day the Admiral was interviewing two Navy Master Chiefs and a
Marine Sergeant Major for his personal staff.

The first Master Chief was a Surface Navy type and it was a great
interview. At the end of the interview the Admiral asked him, “Do you
notice anything different about me?”

The Master Chief answered, “Why yes. I couldn’t help but notice you are
missing your starboard ear, so I don’t know whether this impacts your
hearing on that side.”

The Admiral got very angry at this lack of tact and threw him
out of his office.

The next candidate, an Aviation Master Chief, when asked this same
question, answered, “Well yes, you seem to be short one ear.”

The Admiral threw him out also.

The third interview was with the Marine Sergeant Major. He was
articulate, extremely sharp, and seemed to know more than the two
Master Chiefs put together. The Admiral wanted this guy, but went
ahead with the same question.

“Do you notice anything different about me?”

To his surprise the Sergeant Major said, “Yes Sir. You wear contact
lenses.”

The Admiral was impressed and thought to himself, what an incredibly
tactful Marine. “And how do you know that?” the Admiral asked.

The Sergeant Major replied:
“Well sir, it’s pretty hard to wear glasses with only one f*ckin’ ear.”

[redlegplanner]

I am all in favor of fueling jihad if the fuel in question is properly jellied or atomized before ignition.....

As a Colorado Springs area resident who has endured whiney mickey weinstein’s crusdae against the USAFA, I vote him one of the wooorrrrrrrstttttt people in the world in perpetuity.

Wait a minute - mickey doesn’t belive in perpetuity. Boy, is he in for surprise...

[Wings-n-Wind]

***********

All these loud-mouth hadjis...

Always bragging about becoming martyrs...
... having encounters in paradise with seventy-two virgins...
... and being with Al-eLah...

Our job is to help them keep their appointments!
-- U.S.M.C. (Uncle Sam's Meanest Children)

ADMIN NOTE:
THE "CRUSADERS" OF VMFA-122 were so called for 51 years -- from 1957 (upon receiving the F-8 Crusader aircraft)--->>> thru 2008 when they were overtaken by some BS political correctness.

"werewolves" my @$$....

[Moose4]

The squadron changed over to the “Crusaders” from their original name—”Candystripers”—because they were the first Marine squadron to transition to the Vought F8U Crusader fighter. I’m glad they changed them back to the “Crusaders” regardless of reason, it’s a name with 50 years of history behind it for VMFA-122. Screw Mikey.

}:-)4

[a fool in paradise]

The Left also thought it was wrong to take down Communism.

Meanwhile they work their damnedest to take down the West from within.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Why is it that with *anything* the libs don’t like, it’s “unconstitutional?” What part of the Constitution does this violate, you freaking liberal morons? Pack $#^%*$ sand.

[fhayek]

I think that he was drawing somewhat unflattering cartoons about Mohammed. At least that’s the story I heard.

[Colorado Cowgirl]

Mikey Weinstein, it figures! He is always fighting against everything Christian. Keep fighting the Church, Mickey, I’m praying you will get a Damascus road experience, and a voice speaks to you saying “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.”(Acts 9:5)

[JMJJR]

Personally I like it !

My old unit patch

My new unit patch

[ConorMacNessa]

Oorah to the Marines for reviving the name "Crusaders" as a unit nick!



The stinking Islamists have no problem with insulting and belittling "infidels" - often by decapitating or otherwise mutilating those they gratuitously murder.

Knock off the PC BS and recognize that we are embroiled in a struggle that began in 632 A.D. The West has developed into the greatest civilization on the face of the earth and the Muslims have stayed locked in a barbaric, Seventh Century, tribal Weltanschauung.

We had to beat them at Tours to preserve our civilization in the Middle Ages. We had to defeat them again at Lepanto in the Renaissance for the same reason. We must defeat them now for a third time if our way of life is to endure and our children are to live in Freedom. This is the paramount conflict of the long history of our Western Civilization.



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[billys kid]

Hahahaha! Good One!

[SuperLuminal]

"...he has some aggressive defenders here at FR.."

Sceen names please...Need to add to the Troll Alert List.

[Paladin2]

The only way to “win” Afghanistan is to erase lslam there.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Dear Mikey

You can take your objection, fold it five ways and then sit on it and spin until you throw up.

Hugs and Kisses

The Sane People of the World

[Paladin2]

Hot Cross Buns.

[NTHockey]

Yes! My old squadron gets its name back. I was with VMF (AW)-122 during Cuban Missile Crisis. We had just received brand new F8U-2NE Crusaders from the factory and we were planning a shakedown cruise with the new night fighters and the entire squadron going to Rota, Spain when the crisis hit. Interesting times they were.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I'm guessing they won't like the mess hall then?