Oh, I can believe that, sure!

[Gob]

The US Marine Corps is once again in 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, but the marines in the photograph taken in September 2010 would not be disciplined because investigators determined it was a naive mistake.

The marines believed the SS symbol was meant to represent sniper scouts and never intended to be associated with a racist organisation, said Major Gabrielle Chapin, a spokeswoman at Camp Pendleton, where the marines were based.





Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-troops-p ... z1m2KwC11g

[Gob]

Rick Santorum’s spokeswoman Alice Stewart said in a TV interview on Monday that Santorum was referring to President Barack Obama’s “radical Islamic policies” when he said the president’s agenda was driven by “phony theology” — but then quickly called up MSNBC after the segment aired to say she misspoke.

“There is a type of theological secularism when it comes to the global warmists in this country. That’s what he was referring to. He was referring to the president’s policies in terms of the radical Islamic policies the president has,” Stewart said on “Andrea

Mitchell later said on the air that Stewart phoned the show after the interview to say she had slipped up and said “radical Islamic policies” instead of Obama’s “radical environmental policies.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/02 ... z1my1NOsgF

[Jarlaxle]

Originally, I recall the Marine snipers had the first "s" reversed.