Thank you Airbubba for your quote from the excellent, as you say, Omaha World-Herald. Oh to have such forensic and dedicated journalism on this side of the pond! That ex-55th Wing commanders are prepared to put their heads above the ramparts and call a spade a spade should be an example to follow for their UK counterparts. To the Hopkins quote:-
If you think this is acceptable, you're part of the problem.
I would simply add for ex RAF personnel:-
If you think protecting VSOs is acceptable, you don't care for the future of the Royal Air Force!