Joe Biden: 'The world is as close to an Armageddon'

Joe Biden, on October 6 at an event in New York

The president warns about the nuclear danger of Russia’s tensions with the rest of the world.

The president of United States, Joe Bidensaid that the The world is now closer to Armageddon since the Cold War. “For the first time since Cuban Missile Crisis, we have the threat of a nuclear weapon if things continue to go the way they have been,” the president said at an event Thursday in New York.

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I don’t think you can use tactical nuclear weapons without ending up in Armageddon

Biden referred to the Russian president Vladimir Putin warning that you know him “fairly good”, and he’s not kidding when he says he could use nuclear or biological weapons because their armed forces are not giving the expected performance.

Likewise, the President of the United States mentioned: “I don’t think they can be used tactical nuclear weapons without ending in Armageddon”.

Vladimir Putin is in a situation where it is difficult to find a way out. This, due to the recent counter-offensive of the ukrainian army that is retaking territories won by russia, and cornering an army that is weakening. Because of this probably Putin is looking for face-saving solutions, said Biden.

cold war reference

President Biden compared the current situation to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 due to the international tensions experienced today, but, What was the Missile Crisis?

The missile crisisknown in Cuba as the “October crisis”, took place in October 1962: the US discovered on the 15th of that month that the Soviet Union had installed in Cuba 42 missiles with nuclear warheads mid-range targeting his turf, and the then president John F. Kennedy He publicly denounced it on the 22nd.

On the verge of a nuclear confrontation, kennedy and the then Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev They negotiated a solution to the crisis against the clock through an exchange of letters between October 25 and 28, 1962. The Cubans practically found out about the agreement through the press, despite the fact that the agreement included the dismantling and removal of the missiles from their territory, as well as the United States withdrew 56 of its missiles located in Iran and Turkey (countries near the Soviet Union).

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With information from EFE.