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| Dear John, |
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| People are actually talking about using nuclear weapons now for the first time in my life since I was a kid. |
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| There was a 13-Day period during the Cuban missile crisis when we were the closest in human history that we had ever come to global annihilation. |
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| I remember the U.S. Marshalls coming to our house to take myself and my elder brother Joe to an underground city in the Blue Ridge Mountains in West Virginia — a place for the whole government to weather a thermonuclear cataclysm. |
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| But my father called us and said we can’t go because it would send the nation into a panic. He told us to be good soldiers and show up at school. He also said that if there was a nuclear exchange, the ones that die would be better off than the people who are left. |
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| Leaders like my father and uncle, John F. Kennedy, had a healthy fear of nuclear conflict during that period in American history. This is not so today. |
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| What we are seeing from the anonymous men in lanyards, men and women in the White House, who are now making these calls is a reckless, cavalier approach to nuclear war. |
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| In other words, the Biden administration’s lack of caution is putting our future at risk. |
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| Just as my uncle and father before me, I will bring a heightened sobriety to the White House when it comes to matters of nuclear war. The stakes couldn’t be any higher! |
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| The potential ramifications of such a conflict are catastrophic, and it is our duty to pursue all avenues that promote peace, diplomacy, and strategic decision-making. |
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| Join me so we can ensure that our nation remains at the forefront of protecting humanity. |
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| | | Sincerely, | | |  | | Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. |
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