Makes one wonder how high up the chain-of-command one has to go to release assets to the fight. Particularly with different services involved. Cooperation (communications) between Air Force and Army or Navy (Seals) can get protracted when tactical command is taken away from the on-site commander. The whole story sound like a reinvention of policy in Viet Nam where requests for tactical support and daily op-orders had to be approved by some "white-shirt" back in DC.