Yeah he did have a plan to do this. It is a true statement. But then the ultra smart Clinton decided to have Jimmy Carter go negotiate instead.
The DOD and Intelligence services always ALWAYS have plans and backup plans for key decision making.
So technically the greatest president in the history of his own mind is correct, but then it never had anything to do with his presidency, rather it is a function of threat analysis to plan. It could have been the Presidency of Moe, Larry and Curly and there would have been a plan.