7 May

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JL;DR SUMMARY In the wake of escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, a nuclear conflict could impact global politics, including the United States' diplomatic strategies. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Washington, Virginia, United States

"The cadences of northern Virginia. Shall we say? The cadence of suburban outside of Washington, Virginia."

Delhi, India

"Secretary Rubio's engaging in shuttle diplomacy and heading right to Delhi and then going to Islamabad and back and forth until you get an agreement like Henry Kissinger."

Islamabad, Pakistan

"Secretary Rubio's engaging in shuttle diplomacy and heading right to Delhi and then going to Islamabad and back and forth until you get an agreement like Henry Kissinger."

Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

"Not only to that, we went from we'll help you round up our renegades to this is where Osama bin Laden will end up residing, don't forget, in Abbottabad."

Washington, Washington DC, United States

"And Senior Editor Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth. Hi, Jon. Okay, I'm hoping that our voices were sufficiently distinct in your monosyllabic... responses to me, the classic, hi, Jon... Well, that's two syllables, but two monosyllabic words."

Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India

"In some ways, what's been happening vaguely resembles the conflict between Israel and Iran in this sense, which was, you know, you have these proxy forces that attack in Kashmir, have this massacre of Hindus, a really despicable act."

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

"And the third way to look at it is the administration personnel who are heavily interested in American disengagement from the Middle East and a distancing of Americans relationship with Israel are planting these stories in order to take credit for whatever is going on. Here. So there we just don't know."

New Delhi, Delhi, India

"And Secretary Rubio's engaging in shuttle diplomacy and heading right to Delhi and then going to Islamabad and back and forth until you get an agreement like Henry Kissinger."

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

"And in the past 25 years, post-9-11 and really in the last decade or so, as a result of the rise of China, our alignment has changed. And we are much more pro-India now and much less supportive of Pakistan, which I think it's safe to say did not prove itself a reliable ally during the global war on terror."

Lahore, Delhi, India

"Two nuclear powers doing this. But it's not broken out into full-scale war. And I think this is an opportunity for our Secretary of State, who also holds three other jobs, or our special envoy, who crisscrosses the Eurasian periphery to maybe say, hey, look, we want to help you guys calm down and de-escalate so we don't have another hot war in this very inflamed world."

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Retrieved	2025-05-08 05:30:47 UTC
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