In most things, I think its ALWAYS a mix. (Opinion) There are moves, and counter-moves. Patriots in Control doesn't mean patriots are controlling everything, including assassinations, horrible Biden decisions, havoc wreaked on the country. But it does mean that the position the Patriots have on the playing board is such that they can direct the direction of the whole 'game'. They are in the winning position, but things have to play out, because the opponent in the game also has free will, even if they are predictable.

Also, in military planning, even for a single small operation like a hostage rescue operation y special forces, the planning will involve many, many contingencies. The 'Plan', as we know it, is, I think, extremely complex and diverse, mapped out using super computing resources such as the public is only just now getting access to (probably a few decades behind the curve).

The plan may then involved hundreds or thousands of scenarios, for each of which, a course of response and action and then lead will have been studied and plotted out.

It may well have been that the Biden era was unnecessary and undesired at the start, but as things unfolded, it became necessary. Maybe there was a 90% possibility planned on in the Plan, and 10% other things could take place.

I wonder if perhaps it might be instructive to replace the word 'Plan' (which implies rigid, single course) with the word road map. With a road map, you see the various routes possible, with their twists turns, time and resources required all noted, but eventually, with the layout of the land, you can make your way to the same destination, even if the routes have to change over time.