Biden Is More Fearful Than Ukraine

The Atlantic: “The escalation concern that looms largest for the Biden administration in Ukraine, understandably, is Russian nuclear use. Ukrainians remain admirably stalwart about this prospect, suggesting that a nuclear battlefield strike would not serve Russian objectives.”

“To be more concerned about nuclear use than the likely victims of it are — or to push Ukraine toward untenable outcomes in the name of avoiding that risk — is to actually encourage nuclear threats.”