Daniel L. Davis
Last week, U.S. Senator J.D. Vance took to X to warn that when Biden authorized Ukraine to use U.S. weapons to strike targets in Russia, he believes, “the risk of nuclear war is (now) higher now than at any point in my lifetime. Biden is sleepwalking into World War 3.”
He’s not wrong.
Washington is on a course that is increasing the risk of war with Russia, whether by means of mistake, miscalculation, or misinterpretation.
Accepting risk is sometimes warranted. In this situation, however, the U.S. is carelessly flirting with the risk of nuclear war, and there is zero potential benefit for our legitimate interests.
Even before the Russia-Ukraine War started, there were many analysts worried about the potential of America’s support for Ukraine getting the U.S. drawn into a direct conflict with Russia. There were many categories of support even some supporters of Kyiv worried might prove to be “red lines” for Moscow and result in an expansion of the war. Late in 2021, NATO directly providing any weapons were suspected of crossing Putin’s red lines.
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