After the Bay of Pigs disaster in 1961, President John F. Kennedy called the man he defeated in the 1960 election, Richard Nixon, to commiserate about the unique burden of the presidency. 'It really is true that foreign affairs is the only important issue for a president to handle, isn't it'' the rattled young JFK said to the former vice president. 'I mean, who gives a shit if the minimum wage is $1.15 or $1.25, in comparison to something like this'' Kennedy, like other presidents, faced the painful truth that the challenges of foreign policy in the nuclear age fall to the commander in chief alone. Today, India and Pakistan are inching closer to a war that could have catastrophic implications for their region and the world. Is the Trump administration willing, and competent enough, to help keep the peace' It is in America's interest to prevent a larger conflict, which would be a diplomatic and humanitarian disaster on multiple levels even without the introduction of nuclear weapons....
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