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I like this, but is that a duck at the bottom? Geoff

Thank you. It is intended to be a dove. Zahir 03:58, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I'll bite. Why a dove? - it's hardly the most military of birds.

A passenger pigeon? - Geoff

I'd guess that it's another part of the NAL's constant, self-conscious effort to avoid aggrandizing itself. Less Is More and all that. Why put a big, showy eagle on your shoulder when you can use a quiet, anassuming dove. Benkarnell 10:19, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

My thought that is was a tribute to Tomos Jefferson, who wanted the emblem of the new nation to be a dove, and whose name was later given to the first airship carrier. Zahir 15:30, 2 September 2008 (UTC)