Do you know if Ty Woods had a GLD on the roof? Terms are getting thrown around very freely, and all kinds of absurdities are the result, such as the idea that “Ty Woods was using a laser, proving that an AC-130U spectre gunship was overhead.”
I have dealt with a lot of reporters, and it’s my expectation that a half-dozen misinterpreted partial factoids will often be spun into a complete story that bears little relation to the final truth.
I cannot be sure. But as you and I have pointed out Zippo seems to have been AWOL. If so and help was launched and waiting for orders when he painted his target there was an order to stand down because there could be no other order given because no CIC was present.