Regarding "a plan" there is not one but many, and that could be a major asset in winning "the hearts and minds" of more and more people away from the insanity of statism.
Please forgive my collectivist grouping of the military here, but the military mindset is trained to think in terms of a hierarchical structure to battle an enemy, rather than the way terrorists think, that being a more independent (i.e. decentralized), "cell" network. However, fear and intimidation is a tool both use.
Coming up with "a" plan to fight against ISIS, an organization that would not exist as it does today without the massive help of the USA, via training camps the USA runs to train people to fight our enemies, which interestingly seem to morph into groups like ISIS and alCIAda that consider the USA to be their enemy, and use the raw materials left behind by the US military back against the USA.
No, there is no single strategy or orchestrated set of tactics to fight against the tyranny statism brings to the world, and that may just be more effective than a finite set of "leaders" to come up with a battle plan. If enough people who want freedom surface who are wiling to be vocal and actually fight for it, not with guns, tanks and bombs but with the power of words, the power of their actions to turn their backs on corrupt institutions and implement alternative solutions, then it will prevail. Nothing can stop an idea whose time has come. The question is what is the collective strength of the true freedom fighters? There is no way to know definitively.
I will add that I am grateful for the OP as it raises good points and the discussion that has followed is one so very needed. I tend to align my perspective more with averageJoe's than with blakemile84, but I very much appreciate the way blakemile84 has articulated his concerns.
It is great to see veterans willing to "think outside the box" so to speak and consider alternative perspectives to statism. However, I believe there are good reasons for being skeptical of the military (in general), due to the fact the they have all committed themselves to following the chain of command over their own judgement. Even those who are willing to violate the chain of command I am distrustful of, because they are just a small part of a big machine that limits the information individual soldiers receive and thus deprives them of true free will to make good decisions. I fear the erosion of posse comitatus and the unleashing of soldiers who are willing to follow the chain of command and ignore their oath to uphold the constitution and violate the protective provisions of the Bill of Rights.
I recognize the benefit of "the chain of command" when a group of soldiers must act quickly, and do not have the luxury of individual thinking because it is not efficient and could lead to paralysis and casualties. I just don't believe there are enough people in the ranks of the military machine that are willing (or able due to not being given accurate information) to put the chain of command below their own judgement. The evidence of that is the atrocities of war US soldiers have taken part in through the centuries.
Larken Rose has it right, that our biggest enemy is the belief in (hierarchical, not expert) authority, not those who have been deceived by it. We must keep that thought in mind and judge individually, not collectively, but that's not always easy to do.
I mentioned this above but the world I came from in the military dealt specifically with what you mention here. As an example, I wrote this up and reposted it -- Cryptocurrencies and Unconventional Warfare
You are correct - the only way to beat an insurgency is to wage a legitimate counter-insurgency which requires similar tactics (read: what big Armies are not suited for). This stuff was my bread and butter.
Unfortunately, its the nature of the beast when you put humans in that sort of a pressure cooker. Precisely why sane veterans hate fighting.
Take heart.. the military is not full of automatons. When bad things happen, people find out. Careers are ruined and people do go to jail. It's far from perfect, but what is in a highly dynamic environment?