Marines Posed with Flag Resembling Nazi SS Logo in Afghanistan
By NBC News, msnbc.com and news services
February 11, 2012
SAN DIEGO — 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.
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I often wondered how long it would take for this to show up. The Waffen SS was the equivalent, in most cases, of the Marines, being that both represent the elite of the Ground Forces. In the 3rd Reich’s case, some of the divisions were guilty of war crimes and were led by fanatics disposed to atrocities. It is that part of the SS that makes it inappropriate.
oh well, nuff said,!
“My spirit will rise from the grave, and the world will see I was right.” – Adolf Hitler
It’s ridiculous. The US army trying to compare themselves to the disciplined SS.