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> It implies the agency is insular, unaccountable, and has an aggressive, secret agenda You're giving these people way too much credit. Military and intelligen
by drzaiusapelord 13y ago
> It implies the agency is insular, unaccountable, and has an aggressive, secret agenda
You're giving these people way too much credit. Military and intelligence patches are all about bravado and "USA #1" not some sophisticated and cryptic critique of their employer. I've had a long time interest in this stuff and let me tell you, its all tasteless and dumb, with the occasional touch of humor. The patch critical of the USG simply wouldn't be approved. There's no big anti-US message here. Its exactly as it seems.
- jlarocco 13y agoIt's certainly not a critique. To me it shows that the people in the agency are oblivious to the rest of the world outside of the agency. There have been a bunch of embarrassing revelations about domestic and foreign spying, but instead of being embarrassed or ashamed like they should be, they're as gung-ho and bold as ever. It's no wonder there have been so many slip ups when they're so clueless about public perception. It doesn't take a secret spy agency to realize this logo would not go over well.
- saraid216 13y ago> To me it shows that the people in the agency are oblivious to the rest of the world outside of the agency. It's fairly well-established that this is by design.
- mturmon 13y agoThis article has examples of other patches, as you mention: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/why-the-us-launched-a-spy-rocket-with-an-earth-sucking-octopus-on-it http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/why-the-us-launched-a-spy-r...
- sliverstorm 13y agoI'm not even that deeply interested in military/intelligence, and I share your stance. It takes only a cursory survey of their patches, particularly air units, to see the logos are not created with any kind of serious purpose- no more serious than when my casual hockey team decided to call themselves the Honey Badgers.