Is the World the Closest to Nuclear Armageddon?

President Joe Biden told donors on Thursday night that the world is right now the closest to nuclear Armageddon since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. He added that he knows Putin quote fairly well and that he's not joking when he talks about the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological weapons because his military is, you might say, significantly unperforming. John Avlon: People who have had sleepless nights over the comments that Joe Biden made last week and the comments that Vladimir Putin made earlier in the week.Avlon: What would the US reaction be? There are formidable barriers to nuclear use. And there's no real military utility to them. The least likely damaging scenario is what the Russians call a