A totally unnecessary warning from the State Department

Apparently, the State Department thinks that the threat of anti-American violence or terrorism at the Sochi, Russia Winter Olympic Games is so severe that it is warning American athletes not to wear their team gear when they are out and about outside of "secured" areas:

The memo, which details steps athletes can take to ensure their safety during the games, cautions them to avoid wearing team colors too prominently outside of the 1,500-mile so-called “Ring of Steel” security perimeter established by Russian security forces.
“The U.S. Department of State has advised that wearing conspicuous Team USA clothing in non-accredited areas may put your personal safety at greater risk,” said the memo, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

The athletes have to wear the official gear for the opening ceremonies. After that, it's up to them. Frankly, I don't think the State Department needs to be worried about anybody wearing this shit anywhere they don't absolutely have to:

The claim is that Ralph Lauren designed this nasty-looking patchwork shit. Maybe so, but it looks more like the winner in an ugly-Christmas-sweater contest. But what do I know from fashion?

I guess this is a step in the right direction, though -- if Hillary were still secretary of state, she'd probably have a Benghazi moment and say, "Hey, don't worry about terrorism in the neighborhood, go ahead and wear that ugly crap. And put this bullseye on your back, too."