JL;DR SUMMARY Donald Trump's Board of Peace, tasked with overseeing the reconstruction of Gaza, is holding its inaugural meeting in Washington, D.C. However, tensions are escalating in the Middle East as U.S. war preparations against Iran intensify, with military assets being deployed and diplomatic meetings taking place. 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'.