I think not likely but I still can't ignore the possibility.
The name of the organization ''SWORD'' is one thing, and Shanks's only weapon we see on panel is sword. Of course, I believe Shanks has other abilities other than swordsmanship, as Ling said, using a sword doesn't make one a swordsman.
But another thing is, Coby gets saved by Shanks in marineford:
2 years later, we see Coby joining the SWORD Marines:
And another member, X-Drake.
Why the name of X-Drake's pirate crew is ''RED FLAG''? Why not Allosaurus pirates or X-Drake pirates? Why ''RED'' flag?
Interesting.
And we've people like Sengoku treating Shanks differently:
SENGOKU: ''SINCE ITS YOU RED HAIR... I'II TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.''
Why Shanks care about the lives of the Marines? Why Shanks saved Coby, a marine, and potentially saved Marineford, Marine soldiers, and Fleet Admiral Sengoku from Blackbeard?
Why Shanks can negotiate with Gorosei?
BLOND GOROSEI: ''WE ONLY MADE TIME TO TALK BECAUSE IT WAS YOU''
Now another interesting thing about this ''Red'' haired people, remember this guy:
Both Red Haired and could it be that both are also very good ACTORS?
And another D. just like Luffy, Law's Idol:
He was a secret marine, pretending to be a pirate.
Was Oda preparing people for Shanks being a Rosinante-like character by creating this character and story line?
Why Buggy get sick at the exact moment when he was going to reach Laugh Tale?
Did Shanks poisoned Buggy because of the orders?
Or that, he took orders to not go to the Laugh Tale by his secret Marine Organization SWORD's previous leaders?
Was Shanks also poisoning Roger from the beginning because of the orders?
It's really a weird coincidence that both Buggy gets sick when it was final moment and then perhaps Shanks felt responsible and stayed behind with him.
Shanks is also interested in protecting the foods from the kitchen, when Buggy was holding the Bara Bara no Mi, Shanks appeared at the exact moment, and told him to not steal food from kitchen:
Was Shanks using poisons by sneaking into the kitchen?
How did Shanks learn the secret about Sun God Nika DF, and how did he locate the exact CP Agent's ship to steal that DF power? How did he know without having secret government connections?
Its also strange that Oda choose to dress Who-s who in RED Color, a character that related to Shanks.
Now the question is, if we assume Shanks is a secret Marine, that doesn't want wars and wants peace. Why would he let Luffy to eat the ultimate God DF?
We can assume from Shanks's behaviours that it was an accident.
Then why Shanks didn't let Luffy to die and sacrificed his arm for Luffy?
Was Shanks's plan to use Nika DF fruit to destroy the World Government so the SWORD Marines can replace the leftovers and the old marines, or that was he planning to use it against the heir of Xebec, who is BlackBeard?
Perhaps Shanks planned to get this fruit to Ace, so Ace could defeat them. But Luffy eating it changed Shanks's plans.
Then see how Shanks already know that Ace was suppose to fight BlackBeard, but not too soon:
''ITS NOT YET TIME FOR THEM TO FACE EACH OTHER!!''
Maybe now, Shanks changed the roles of Ace and Luffy, and he is planning to use Luffy as a shield against World Government and BlackBeard?
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