His micromanagement of targeting was part of the problem, the other part was that he preferred to bomb jungle and outhouses instead of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese lines of communication.
Oh so true about LBJ’s absolute control of Rolling Thunder’s operations from the safety of the White House half a world away.
IMHO the author’s missed a much more important Vietnam era campaign - LINEBACKER II. In three weeks US air assets, including B-52s, accomplished what LBJ was unable do in 3 1/2 years! More importantly the North Vietnamese KNEW they had lost and were begging for the resumption of the Paris peace talks on American Terms.
Too bad the authors of this article went for “cool names” in stead of successful operations with major military and political impacts. IMHO “cool” is a weather condition not the effects of a military operation!