Biden: Risk of nuclear "Armageddon" is at the highest level since the 1962
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24% (670) are left-leaning, 52% (1,471) are centrist, and 24% (680) are right-leaning.
The risk of nuclear "Armageddon" is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, President Joe Biden said during a fundraiser Thursday for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. "We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis”. While left-leaning articles describe previous “false alarms” and how this time is different, right-leaning articles focus on both the White House response and French President Macron’s response, urging more responsible counter threats.
USA Today published a centrist article about how U.S. officials have been expressing concern about the likelihood of Russia employing WMDs in Ukraine for months. However, officials claimed this week that they have not observed any modification to Russia's nuclear arsenal that would call for a modification to the alert state of American nuclear forces. Using a nuclear weapon in Ukraine would have "consequences," the United States has "been clear" to Russia about what those consequences would be, according to Jake Sullivan, the White House's national security adviser.
A left-leaning article from the Washington Post highlights how according to experts, the U.S. has never voiced anything like the current level of concern that a nuclear weapon might be used. Putin is serving notice that we shouldn't treat this as a bluff, he says. In 1979 and 1980, there were multiple false alarms about potential Soviet missiles. In 1983, the Soviet Union readied nuclear-equipped planes in East Germany during a NATO exercise. The conflict in Ukraine is unique from all of them in that a country with a lot of nuclear weapons has been forced into a difficult situation (through an invasion of its own choice).
A right-leaning article from Fox News highlights White House press secretary's clarification after alarming comments made by President Biden. "We have not seen any reason to adjust our own strategic nuclear posture, nor do we have indications that Russia is preparing to imminently use nuclear weapons", said Karine Jean-Pierre. French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday appeared to rebuke Biden's comments and urged Western officials to be responsible when countering the threat of nuclear warfare.
From the left
Biden’s scary invocation of nuclear ‘Armageddon’
Washington Post