The Southern Poverty Law Center has an absolutely shocking piece on the neo-nazi infiltration of the U.S. military. The problem is so bad that American neo-nazi graffiti has appeared in Baghdad.
“Special Forces soldiers who double as extremist operatives present a special danger, since they have commando skills gained at huge taxpayer expense — often including urban warfare, long-range reconnaissance, and combat demolitions.”
I’m quite sure that service members even loosely associated with radical Islamic groups would get the n-th degree. Domestic terrorist organizations, though, apparently get a free pass.
The article doesn’t talk about it, but I wonder to what extent the infiltrating supremacists of the 80’s or 90’s have risen to positions of real leadership or power. Are they covering for, or recruiting, new members?
Posted by M as Interesting Link, Politics at 12:29 PM EDT
