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No it's not.
Being ready for anything is having a plan for anything.
When you can't know what your opponent might do, you can't plan. That's exactly why the best swordsman is afraid of the worst. He's forced to go without a plan.
How can anyone be ready for anything if this is the definition.
Being prepared for anything is about having the skills and tools to solve any problem, any time. On the fly.
A good general isn't one who relies on his plan surviving contact with the enemy, it is the one who knows it won't and is able to respond appropriately and timely.
You can't be ready for anything.
Being ready for anything doesn't mean planing for everything, that's impossible. They've likely planned for the obvious. They also have the resources ready to go to adapt to an unexpected situation.
A swordsman is t ready to block every conceivable blow. They, instead, prepare to react. If it's a known attack, they can fall back on a planned move. If it's abnormal they can react by improvising, using the skills they already have.
Oh, and the swordsman's issue isn't the lack of plan, improvisation is a key skill. The issue of the inability to read the opponent. It throws their instincts out. E.g. an attack looks like a faint, since it would leave the attack open to a lethal counter, even if it connected. An expert would never use that. A beginner might.
Just as impossible as being ready for everything.
I mean, they probably don't have a contingency prepared for the event of an alien invasion happening at Devil's Tower...
But it would be silly to assume they don't have people keeping an eye on the twits and truthers and whatever other places the MAGAts are congregating to discuss their treasonous plans.