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This buyer’s remorse is just beginning, and we need to provide an off-ramp for the increasingly uncertain.

"One question is whether, if this call had come earlier - right after the initial Indian strikes, when Pakistan was already claiming some Indian losses and an off-ramp was available - it might have prevented further escalation," Ms Madan says.

After Y.W. drove off from the Parkwest Bicycle Casino, Lopez’s conspirators forced Y.W. to stop the car on an Interstate 710 off-ramp and stole around $60,000 in winnings.

Later that night, Lopez allegedly followed H.K.’s vehicle and conspirators blocked the victim in at the Interstate 10 off-ramp to Normandie Avenue.

"This is Beijing trying to explore the possibility of using word games to create an off-ramp for both sides, so that they can gradually climb their way down from this escalation spiral," he says.