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Originally Posted by Ron61;10****4
They don't hesitate to point it out to the world though.
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I still don't see how it's not news, or how ABC is doing a disservice (net) by reporting it.
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As for the It is going to be done part, I meant that groups are going to keep or have religious symbols on their weapons whether we like it or not. They even had them on some of the rifles they used in Korea but they weren't put there by the military, just the regular Infantry people.
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Of course this has been the case for a long, long time. I'd draw a distinction, though, between individual grunts doing it to their weapons, helmets, vests etc. and providing equipment with the quote or symbol manufactured in. So a Jewish soldier finds it offensive: is he likely to be allowed to grind it off? Doubt it.
Making it part of officially issued gear makes it an official policy or statement - and that's inappropriate, and whether you think it's unAmerican or not, reporting inappropriate acts of the military is news.