>>The country that scares the hell out of me is Pakistan. They are unstable to the max, are a hotbed for Islamic fundamentalists, hate India and about everyone else, and have nukes. It's a powderkeg waiting to blow.
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>>Well, there is plenty going on in the world today that will, as Joe Biden put it, test this guy withing the next few months. Personally, I don't think he's up to it, even though I hope I'm wrong.
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>What scares me is that Biden sounded so convinced that it will inevitably happen, as if he was watching a circled day in the calendar and checking a schedule. There wasn't a "may", he said "will be tested". He knows something we don't, and I hope it's not what came to mind.

Was it before or after the executive briefings started?