Nuclear War

Last night, President Biden warned that recent threats from Vladimir Putin regarding Ukraine could devolve into a nuclear conflict, telling supporters that the risk of nuclear war had not been so high since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. 

“We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis,” Biden told the crowd. 

The president’s warnings, delivered bluntly to a group of donors rather than in a more formal setting, came as analysts in Washington have been debating whether Putin might resort to tactical nuclear weapons to counter his mounting military losses in Ukraine.

The song Nuclear War was written by Sun Ra.  I first heard it at a Sun Ra show at the old Moonshadow Saloon in Atlanta back around 1985.  The version here is performed by the indie band Yo La Tengo and features the performer's kids and friends.