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(154,021 posts) Thu Feb 9, 2012, 07:37 PM Feb 2012

Marines posed with flag resembling Nazi SS logo in Afghanistan [View all]

By NBC News, msnbc.com and news services

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.

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.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/09/10364262-marines-posed-with-flag-resembling-nazi-ss-logo-in-afghanistan

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Marines posed with flag resembling Nazi SS logo in Afghanistan [View all] nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 OP

You beat me to it� nt Lost-in-FL Feb 2012 #1

Scout Snipers. MrSlayer Feb 2012 #2

I doubt the brass approved it nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #8

As do I. MrSlayer Feb 2012 #16

Oh agreed nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #17

yeah, right. and the confederate flag is about heritage, not white supremacy. provis99 Feb 2012 #22

I seriously doubt they are declaring themselves Nazis. MrSlayer Feb 2012 #24

I guess black people fly the Nazi flag then, too. provis99 Feb 2012 #29

Well, there were black soldiers in Vietnam... MrSlayer Feb 2012 #35

What a lot of idiots. Bluenorthwest Feb 2012 #3

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Bullshit. ellisonz Feb 2012 #5

A few have made it into the force nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #6

Racism is alive and well in America. ellisonz Feb 2012 #11

Yep, looks like this is real jsmirman Feb 2012 #12

I agree. Outside of the swastika, it's the most widely-recognized nazi symbol, IMO. Poll_Blind Feb 2012 #40

Yup. Even Kiss has to have an alternate logo for sales in Germany. JVS Feb 2012 #51

I'm more concerned about the beards alcibiades_mystery Feb 2012 #9

Nope, I'm pretty sure I'm more concerned jsmirman Feb 2012 #18

LOL RZM Feb 2012 #27

Indeed alcibiades_mystery Feb 2012 #49

The entire photo is SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #10

Maybe their saying America is Fascist lovuian Feb 2012 #14

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How dare you give a link to a rational zappaman Feb 2012 #25

Looks like their command disagrees: EFerrari Feb 2012 #34

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Americans who crossed paths with SS at Malmedy, France, December 17, 1944. Octafish Feb 2012 #23

I view it as a sign of mental distress. Rex Feb 2012 #30

There is...NO...way somebody "accidentally" copies a fucking SS flag. Poll_Blind Feb 2012 #26

*Any* use of "SS" = Nazi? Occulus Feb 2012 #32

That's not what he said. ellisonz Feb 2012 #37

Not "any" use of SS. We're specifically talking about the two stylized... Poll_Blind Feb 2012 #39

An issue we agree on! ellisonz Feb 2012 #41

These things happen from time to time and should not be cause for undue alarm, LOL! Poll_Blind Feb 2012 #43

I better break out my copy of Henry Kissenger's Diplomacy...*smash* ellisonz Feb 2012 #45

Given some of the other explanations RZM Feb 2012 #28

And they had their own army. pintobean Feb 2012 #50

I have to say I wouldn't have made the connection between this logo and the SS woolldog Feb 2012 #31

I'm disappointed in this thread. Occulus Feb 2012 #33

The Marines formally disapprove of the use of this symbol. ellisonz Feb 2012 #36

What made you think that? PragmaticLiberal Feb 2012 #48

Your're not alone. amandabeech Feb 2012 #38

anybody that has ever watched a WWII war movie knows what the double lighting bolts mean Baclava Feb 2012 #52

I don't understand Shankapotomus Feb 2012 #42

Been happening a lot over the last ten years and I'm sick of it. nt Poll_Blind Feb 2012 #44

Hopefully you have ties to the U.S. Military Shankapotomus Feb 2012 #47