for the USAF to try to stay relevant as the wind is now blowing in the COIN direction.

But to rip a page from Vietnam: "This is a political war and it calls for discrimination in killing. The best weapon for killing would be a knife, but I'm afraid we can't do it that way. The worst is an airplane. The next worst is artillery. Barring a knife, the best is a rifle — you know who you're killing."

Vann mayhave been over-zealous in many areas but he did have a sense for what tactical level COIN operated on.