[Prime Choice]

Understand- under LBJ the White House regularly micro-managed the details of military operations, ruled various targets off-limits for no good reason, and dictated a strategy which maximized the number of forces in-country while minimizing their potential uses.

And this is different from the current Iraq situation (with specific regard to backing off the insurgents in Fallujah) how exactly?

[victoryatallcosts]

Because you have no idea of what happened beyond a little snippet on the Drudge Report. Further, this was clearly a strategic decision, not a tactical one. He'd be micro-managing if he was deciding which buildings to storm and which not to storm and what sort of ammunition the Marines were allowed to use. Deciding if a major offensive, involving thousands of men, should be launched or not launched is a decision which, in this situation, properly rests with the Commander-in-Chief.