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Most of these Marines probably only have a high school education, they are not very old and also while the runes are the same as the nazi SS, the flag is similar and not the same.
Runes (s) also looks like lightning bolts. The nazi was into anything that embellished their presentation. If anything it is not the smartest thing to do. More concerning is all the spin masters playing this for all they can get out of it. Just like the Marines pissing on the dead T-ban. Gunny should have taken care of it in house. A few days sand bagging or burning S-ters.
We live in such a distant society that we have the luxury to blow small issues way out of proportion. The most effective weapon the tangos have and it comes with all sorts of unwilling and willing allies is propaganda. Let's make a mountain out of a mole hill!
The saving grace of other wars was, we did not have the internet, we did not have all the electronic toys, and communication was slow.
I am more for supporting our people than chastising them. They job is crappy as it is. So they make mistakes?
The other difference in WWII, if the editors of the NYT published stuff then as they do today, my guess would be: Americans would storm their offices, tar an feather the editors and run them out of town on a rail.
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