Last week a letter was released signed by thirty progressive Democrats calling on President Biden to begin direct talks with Russia. Unfortunately, there was such a fierce backlash against these members of Congress, the letter had to be withdrawn.
President Biden himself has warned of how dangerously close the world is to nuclear war. Yet amazingly, as we have just marked the 60th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis, leading Democrats and their supporters in the punditry seemed to have forgotten that it was direct communication between President Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev that brought us back from the brink.