[Leaning Right]

LBJ, in contrast, brought his top generals into the Oval Office and cursed them out.

Yep. And close to the same thing occurred before both the Afghan and Iraqi invasions. The tactical generals (not the political ones in DC) thought Rumsfeld's "just-enough" troop strategy was unwise. Rumsfeld shouted those objections down.

[Pelham]

Rumsfeld was a replay of Robert McNamara.