"Marines Are Too Dumb to Know This Is a Nazi Flag"

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Marine Corps officials say the Marines who posed with this Nazi SS flag did so because they had no idea those distinct S's were Nazi symbols, they just thought it was a neat font they could use to represent sniper scouts, the Associated Press's Julie Watson reports. "I don't believe that the Marines involved would have ever used any type of symbol associated the Nazi Germany military criminal organization that committed mass atrocities in WWII," Camp Pendleton spokeswoman Maj. Gabrielle Chapin told Watson. She summarized Chapin's explanation as the Marines making a "naïve mistake." The Marines will not be punished.

The photo was taken in September 2010 in the Sangin province of Afghanistan and sent to weapons maker Knight's Armament Company. KAC posted the image on its blog with the caption, "The 'SS' flag has been adopted and used by the Marines in referrence to 'Scout Sniper.'" That they would sent this photo to a third party for publication is probably the best evidence that it really was a "naïve mistake." Still, the Marines would have had to have missed every Nazi movie and video game, and never spoken to one of the many, many American military members who served in Germany, which has banned the band Kiss's logo because the S's are too close to Nazi iconography. (In Germany, Kiss posters have Z-like S's instead.) Gawker's Maureen O'Connor, who links to a cached version of the Knight blog that has since removed the photos, is skeptical. "[H]ow you end up acquiring Schutzstaffel flag? Unless our men in uniform sewed the flag themselves, you'd think the whole 'Please make your check out of Nazi Memorabilia 'R' Us' thing would have tipped them off."

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national ... lag/48533/

[E6722maj Profile]

clearly their historical knowledge leaves much to be desired

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[Malogg Profile]

Thinks some may not even give a damn

They are brainwashed blood thirsty drones

[Rydher Profile]

They are brainwashed blood thirsty drones

Unless they attend an Occupy Wall Street rally and stand at point blank range in front of a fully riot geared police force shooting flash bangs and shit - after being warned. The dumb ass gets hit in the fucking head like an idiot. Then they are heros.

[Icarus1 Profile]

this wont go down to well in israel will it

[Debunkerace Profile]

"A naive mistake"

My ass!

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Marines Posed With Nazi Symbol In Afghanistan

The U.S. Marine Corps confirmed Thursday that a sniper team in Afghanistan posed for a photograph in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS.

Use of the SS symbol is not acceptable, and the Marine Corps has addressed the issue, Lt. Col. Stewart Upton said in a statement. He did not specify what action was taken.

Upton said the Marines in the photograph, posted on an Internet blog, are no longer with the unit. The picture was taken in September 2010 in Sangin province, Afghanistan.

The photo shows a flag with what appear to be the letters "SS" in the shape of jagged lightning bolts. The symbol resembles that used by SS units in World War II.

The SS, or Schutzstaffel, was the police and military force of the Nazi Party, which was distinct from the general army. Members pledged an oath of loyalty to Adolf Hitler. SS units were held responsible for many war crimes and played an integral role in the extermination of millions of Jews along with gypsies and other people classed as undesirables. The SS was declared to be a criminal organization at the Nuremberg war crime trials.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation in Washington said it was outraged and wants a full investigation.

Mikey Weinstein with the foundation said he has been flooded with calls from former Marines offended by the photo and from one member of his organization who is an Auschwitz survivor.

"This needs to be fully investigated. This is a complete and total outrage," he said.

Weinstein said his organization was sending a letter to the head of the Marine Corps and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

Master Gunnery Sgt. Mark Oliva, a spokesman at Camp Pendleton, Calif., said the photo was brought to the attention of the 1 Marine Expeditionary Force inspector general in November, and he found there was no intent on the part of the Marines to identify themselves with a racist organization.

Oliva said the investigation found that the SS symbol was meant to identify the Marines as scout snipers, not Nazis, but it was nonetheless not acceptable.

This is the second time this year the Marine Corps has had to do damage control for its troops' actions.

The Marine Corps is also investigating a separate group of Marines recorded on video urinating on the dead bodies of Taliban fighters.

http://www.npr.org/2012/02/09/146652988 ... t=1&f=1003

[Domdabears Profile Website]

It is kinda hard to believe they are "too dumb" to realize it was a nazi flag.

Maybe they all are German blood, and only like white people. Who knows.

[Malogg Profile]

It is kinda hard to believe they are "too dumb" to realize it was a nazi flag.

Maybe they all are German blood, and only like white people. Who knows.

There is many a good soldier out there more so than the sicko's that get in due to them having blood lust

[Noentry Profile]

It is kinda hard to believe they are "too dumb" to realize it was a nazi flag.

Maybe they all are German blood, and only like white people. Who knows.

I would blame all the Islamophobia going around that makes people think it is ok to believe in fascists ideology and put it up for a public showing.
This is a public display in an occupied land.
They know what they are doing, this is becoming an acceptable way of thinking.
And imo is exactly the opposite of what America stands for or at least used to stand for.

Mindless zombies