Only fools confuse small tactics with grand strategy.
There are missions, goals, strategy, tactics.
Tactics adapt, strategy takes adavantage of unexpected developments, but missions and goals are accomplished as the result of planning.
It's an insult to that fine author to have someone take what he says out of context and apply it in error.
There is NO excuse for the US not having any plan for Iraq except grabbing the oil fields.
Arf