(Deranged) Hearts and Minds

So the unit I work for happens to be making merchandise. We are called Task Force Odin. I got an interesting email detailing all the products they offered and it included things such as patches, hats, shirts and guns. I would have purchased a gun but they were 800 dollars, and that's just too expensive for something I would hardly ever use. Maybe I could move to a more violent area of DC, like Anacostia. My gun would surely be getting more action in that part of town.

Anyways, here is the infamous shirt that they will be attempting to sell to us:

Yeah. Crazy. For 14 dollars you can look like a 17 year old lead singer of a Norwegian metal band. Unfortunately, the leather pants will set you back over 200 dollars. But since it's summer, you might get a better deal. So what kind of dark soul would actually think this would be appropriate material for a shirt? Our unit's symbol is a deranged dog that's most likely suffering from rabies or some sort of zombie plague.

And to top it off, there's a phrase that reads “Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.” As if Shakespeare hasn't already been exploited enough. What makes this phrase even more troubling is that it was meant for soldiers to pillage and spread chaos. Those are some great orders coming from our military commanders. I'm no military strategist, but I'm pretty sure pillaging and bringing chaos won't win us the hearts and minds of the Afghan people.
-Danny