Sure, no battle plan survives contact with the enemy, but that doesn't absolve you of the responsibilty to have a plan. That was the very painful lesson of this sweeps news promo from 2004, in the latest Infinite Sheep.
Infinite Sheep is a series of reminiscences (usually short) of life in the last days of analog, locally-owned broadcast TV and radio.
You can also find me at Roddenberry Podcasts co-hosting Mission Log: Gene-ology - • Gene-ology: A Roddenberry Podcast
And, of course, the sites that started it all, combining sci-fi, retro video games, book, music and toy reviews, and all sorts of retro-futurist fun: https://www.thelogbook.com/