US Marines posed with Nazi symbol in Afghanistan

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You're right it's not the first time because it's been in use in the scout sniper community since '67.
People are way too soft, and if they're not whining about one thing, they're whining about something else. Big deal, these guys are trained killers, why exactly should they care what civilians approve or disapprove as their logo?

As i said, this is not a private military unit. This unit represents values of a government and its people, And if people dont like it when individuals use historical symbolism that depicts something that they dont want to be associated with. They have a right to complain and ask them to get rid of it. They can even demand a investigation.

You are not allowed to have private agendas in a military unit unless it has been authorised.

I guarantee it will still be in use.

I can garantee you that when they do it will be hit hard.

Originally posted by spy66
As i said, this is not a private military unit. This unit represents values of a government and its people, And if people dont like it when individuals use historical symbolism that depicts something that they dont want to be associated with. They have a right to complain and ask them to get rid of it. They can even demand a investigation.

They can complain, sure. Just like they complain about everything under the sun. Not gonna change anything.

You are not allowed to have private agendas in a military unit unless it has been authorised.

What's the private agenda here? lol

I can garantee you that when they do it will be hit hard.

I can guarantee you won't know about it. Just like no one's obviously known for the past 50 years even though it was publicly available information

I would love to have 10 min with this reporter. It didn't say how long he was embedded with them but I'm pretty sure these Marines didn't know he was a woman. His vagina must've been hurt pretty bad to try to make a story out of this. Just think about it these guys protected him, kept him alive and out of harm's way then he turns around and tries to sensationalize this knowing damn well that the emblem stood for scout snipers. If he didn't know he is the dumbest rock in the box. What a two-faced piece of #.

People, get a grip and grow some. Get a clue while you're at it. The guy is writing a book and wants to get some publicity so he releases a photo insinuating some BS knowing full damn well that these were scout snipers and this emblem has been around since the inception of scout snipers or he is the worst writer on the face of the planet from not knowing.

I hope this guy tries to get embedded in a military unit again. If he is dumb as he claims he is that he didn't know then he must've been a handful just to keep alive. If he is dumb enough to try it again and it was my unit we would let nature take its course. It would be a Darwinian result. If he truly did not know the SS stood for scout sniper seeing as how he was embedded with a scout sniper platoon then he is a ate up as a soup sandwich.

I do not believe this guy is dumb been doing exactly what he was doing and what the emblem meant any was cold and calculating by releasing this photo to insinuate something he knew beyond a shadow of a doubt to be false. The guy is a rattlesnake actually that would be an insult to the snake. In my experience karma doesn't seem to work too well but I can only hope this guy takes long walk off a short cliff someday.

I can tell you from experience having a reporter/writer embedded with your unit slows you down makes everything more dangerous for you so I know these guys did not expect this piece of # to turn around write this kind of crap about them.

The only thing this writer's bringing to light, is just how shady he is.

Maybe the writers bringing to light one other thing, other people's willingness to believe the worst and the lack of common sense of the civilian populace when it comes to our soldiers.

I do not envy soldiers today with the amount of crap they have to put up with. I got out some years ago, maybe that's a good thing because I am afraid that I wouldn't be able to put up with it now. I read an article not too long ago that they were making it against regulations for soldiers to fart because it offended the Afghans. Excuse me but what kind of bull ship is that? First of all the Afghans smell worse than anything that ever came out of my # but here they are threatening judicial punishment for farting. Because it offends them? Do you know what offends me. IEDs getting shot at that really can hurt someone's feelings.

You people need to get off your high horses get a reality check open your eyes and ears and shut your mouths because you people have no clue how great these soldiers are. Every damn one of them volunteered their lives to go and do things so that you can sit at home and become armchair generals.

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Hi friend...

I told you about my Marine friends, but, i never told you about my family (my father) who worked in the Air Force (for NORAD). What do you know about WB 9MWS? It's an Air Force base, but lots of Marines there

LOL man, don't be so quick to judge. I have been in areas you can't even get into.

This is not about Americans or Marines, but about the world police acting like the world bully.

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ETA:

I said I have been in areas you have never been, but really, I have lived in areas you can't live in.

I meant you can't get into or live in. I bet SS flags don't fly too well either.

Pathetic imitation of yours.

I actually don't see a problem here.
What they have on the flag, reminds me more of the "lightning bolt" S that for example the Band KISS use in their Logo. The Sig-Rune, the SS later used, looks a bit different.
But just as with KISS (they had to change their Logo for the german market because german media went crazy about it) people are quick to jumpt to wrong conclussions.

And even if it was the Sig-Rune, so what? I guess they would use it as shock-value and not because they're are all Nazis. Black Sabbath used them on the cover art for their Sabbath Bloody Sabbath album and later on the We sold our Soul for Rock n' Roll compilation and does anyone think Tony Iommi or Ozzy are Nazis?