Joe Biden Ramps Up Nuclear Brinkmanship On His Way Out The Door

Joe Biden Ramps Up Nuclear Brinkmanship On His Way Out The Door

Nov. 17, 2024

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Caitlin Johnstone

The New York Times reports that the Biden administration has authorized Ukraine to use U.S. supplied long-range missiles to strike Russian and North Korean military targets inside Russia... yet another dangerous escalation of nuclear brinkmanship in this horrific proxy war.

The Times correctly notes that authorizing Ukraine to use ATACMS, which have a range of about 190 miles, has long been a contentious issue in the Biden administration for fear of provoking military retaliations against the U.S. from Russia. This reckless escalation has been authorized despite an acknowledgement from the anonymous US officials who spoke to The New York Times that they “do not expect the shift to fundamentally alter the course of the war.”

As Antiwar’s Dave DeCamp notes, Vladimir Putin said back in September that if NATO allows Ukraine to use western-supplied weapons for long-range strikes inside Russian territory, it would mean NATO countries “are at war with Russia.” This is about as unambiguous a threat as you’ll ever see.

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