re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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I didn't have that experience in Pakistan itself. Nor have I seen that in the hospital environment, where there are plenty of Pakistani doctors. I've been all over South Asia too.

I'd caution against using your own experience as the framework for geopolitics, because it generally isn't a reliable indicator of anything.

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Keep in mind I was living there like a month after Bin Laden was killed and we all knew the government hid them. Tensions were high. Yeah Pakistan I agree that’s not likely to happen, but in Beijing where the cops don’t give one frick about foreigners fighting with one another and it was a no man’s land for both of us, yeah tensions rose quickly in that city.

Dated a chick over there that had some Pakistani friends, and she was clear on how much they hated Americans and wanted us to die. Different environment than now, and I doubt tensions would be as high today as they were back then.