And now for something completely different: Nazi Marines!

[KamaAina]

http://news.yahoo.com/us-marines-posed-nazi-symbol-afghanistan-185101573.html

SAN DIEGO (AP) — 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.

However, it was a naive mistake made by Marines who believed the SS symbol was meant to represent sniper scouts and never intended to associate themselves with a racist organization, said Maj. Gabrielle Chapin, a spokeswoman at Camp Pendleton.

The Marines in the image will not be disciplined because investigators determined there was no malicious intent, Chapin said.

"Sniper scouts"?!

[stop them]

1. the phrase is actually Scout Sniper...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_Sniper

[KamaAina]

2. Somehow I doubt the choice of flag was a complete accident

The Scout Snipers have adopted the "SS" banner more commonly known as the World War II German Waffen-SS insignia. (This has recently been brought to the attention of the USMC command and is being dealt with. Official USMC policy does not allow the use of any Nazi or other racist symbology by individual Marines or Marine units.)

[stop them]

3. given the level of historical illiteracy among many Americans...

it seems very possible to me...

[louslobbs]

4. They all look so young, is it possible, considering the state of our so called system of education,

that they might not have known what that symbol stood for? If no one told them and they didn't know, as far as they were concerned, they may have thought they were just standing in front of the American flag and some weird logo on a flag denoting "sniper scouts?" below it. Most of these guys look like grunts and as such, they basically follow orders. Couldn't an idiot superior officer or nco have set up the shot and just told these Marines to pose for a photo? I want to believe that anyone who knew of the symbols meaning would have protested standing in front of it for a photo, but Marines generally do what they are told or ordered to do.
Lou

[mn9driver]

5. There is no way this was done out of ignorance.

That exact flag is available for purchase on several sites. There is no question in the descriptions accompanying it as to what it is. Example:

"SS Nazi Runes Hausfahne Flags
This was the House Flag of the German Storm troopers or (SS)."

These jokers knew exactly what flag they were posing with.

[JSnuffy]

6. That is what we call a WAG

Wild Ass Guess...

[HangOnKids]

7. Funny That Is Just How Your Post Sounds n/t