I get what he’s saying but that is just laughably wrong, and indicative of a person who’s never been in a real fight. There are no surprises and everything is planned...in war games. In actual war, to quote Iron Mike, “everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth”. Conflict is chaos - strategy and planning helps you identify your objectives and areas to which you should direct your action, but the idea that it’s just some choreographed dance is nonsensical. Basically what he’s saying can literally be boiled down to “trust the plan”.