In recent weeks, a bevy of thought leaders on the political fringe have come out strongly against the war in Ukraine, arguing that the Biden administration and NATO have put us on the path to nuclear conflict. At the beginning of October, Tucker Carlson was lampooned for declaring that the war had entered a new phase, "one in which the United States is directly at war with the largest nuclear power in the world."
Not long after that, former Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard resigned from the Democratic party, warning that Joe Biden was "Pushing us to the brink of a nuclear holocaust." Joining her was Elon Musk, the new proprietor of Twitter, who continued to sound the alarm on Eastern Europe, arguing that unless Ukraine and the West make concessions to Russia, we are hurtling to the precipice of a nuclear clash that will mean "civilization is over." J.D. Vance — bestselling author, incoming Republican senator and proponent of racist conspiracy theories — came under fire again in recent weeks for suggesting that endless escalation toward nuclear conflict with Russia was not in the United States' best interest.
