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U.S. Marines in Afghanistan pose with Nazi symbol.

Even more shameful is that the official United States Marines blog is not addressing the issue.

What do the Marines have to do with human rights, you might ask?
Why does a Nazi symbol still have so much power?

It is not the role of the Marines to defend white supremacy, or white Americans, but all Americans.
The only flag that the Marines should defend is the red white and blue Stars and Stripes.
A Nazi symbol still has so much power because people around the world still use it to define their identity and express hatred for others.  In many European countries, production of Nazi symbols, flags, and publications is illegal.  Ironically, in the United States, Nazi and white supremacist publishing is alive and well, although under the radar.

White supremacy and Nazism in the US Marine Corps is not new...a 2008 article reveals that there is a neo-Nazi cell in the Marine Corps, and that those Nazis among them have more loyalty to their gang than to the US flag.

Meanwhile, the official United States Marines blog is highlighting African-American Marines who fought during World War Two.  African-Americans were considered racially inferior by the Nazis, our enemies at the time.  They were also considered racially inferior by many white Marines, but good enough to fight, and so served in segregated units. 

Our military leaders cannot look away while their troops bond together in racism, anti-Semitism, and homophobia.  They certainly cannot support it, either.  As the United States continues to have a military presence around the world, it must show that it is not corrupted by the true poison of our enemies--fear and hatred for those not considered "white" or "Christian".  That is never what the US flag stood for.