I read some people today responding to Condi Rice's testimony, and acting like it's a big deal that she said the U.S. was not on war footing before 9/11. So before 9/11 we should ahve been preparing for a war no one saw coming, but after 9/11 we should have been peacefully negotiating and using diplomacy to solve our problems. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.