A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. If orders can be misunderstood, they have been. War is like love. Boldness becomes rarer, the higher the rank. Never reinforce failure.
Failure reinforces itself.
When a front line soldier overhears two General Staff officers conferring, he's fallen back too far. It isn't necessary to be an idiot to be a senior officer, but it sure helps. Only numbers can annihilate. Priorities are made by officers, not God. There's a difference.