The soldiers even have to pay for their own uniform. They don't have flak jackets and helmets in many cases.So they are being beaten from the battlefield by Boko Haram.
The pictures briefly show two men wearing the UN observer uniform of blue flak jacket and helmet sitting in their trunk at the back of the small convoy.
He's willing to take the flak for it because he knows long-term this is going to pay off for our country, for Republicans, for Democrats, for whoever is after him.
So here comes that 20-millimeter flak gun, and that is so well portrayed, because it's an incredibly devastating weapon, designed to shoot vehicles and planes.
There are a few war reporters in flak jackets on the northern front, but until the fighting starts in earnest there's nothing much to say here, and the posturing and threats go on for more than five weeks.