Special Forces operations need to happen quickly with as few people in the loop as possible. Not only is there the security issue to consider, but the responsiveness issue. The more staff wienies and generals in the process, the slower the response. Furthermore, the Special Ops community has a different mindset than the military as a whole. They're better equipped to know what is and isn't possible for their troops.

This doesn't sound at all to me like what happened with LBJ and McNamara during Vietnam, where two grossly incompetitent men in the White House actually micromanaged the air campaign to the point where LBJ said, "They can't bomb an outhouse without my permission." If you want to see some bitter men, try to find the old Discover Channel "Wings" episode on the F-105. Those men discussed in detail the stupidity that came out of Washington during the air campaign in Vietnam and how many American lives it cost. One example: At one point in the war, there was a shortage on bombs. They had 8 bombs assigned to one target. A single F-105 could've easily carried those bombs, or you could've split the load easily between 2 planes to make sure at least one would get to target. No, that wasn't good enough. McNamara was a numbers guy. A sortie is one plane flying a mission. He was more interested in a high sortee rate than in military effectiveness, so 8 planes went out each carrying one bomb. Not all 8 planes made it back. After the first plane attacks, the element of surprise is gone and the subsequent planes run a higher risk of getting shot down.