Gunner,
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.
I never said it wasn't news. I said they don't make such a big scene about it when the terrorists or other side does it. If it is so wrong for our people to do it, and in this case I agree with you, it was wrong, why isn't it wrong when the other sides do it and why don't they cover that? And don't tell me they don't have some of their religious symbols engraved on the weapons by whoever issued them to them or please provide proof of it.
Ron