The purpose of statesmanship and governance is to pacify and keep as much peace in the world as possible. With this in mind, the Biden administration’s efforts last week, encouraging more wartime action from Ukraine, are downright insane. 

When an administration becomes lame duck, the rational position is to ease transition into the new administration, which would include its foreign policy worldview and actions. It’s clear to everyone that the incoming Trump administration has no interest in prolonging the war between Ukraine and Russia but, rather, creating a ceasefire based somewhere along the lines of where the parties are now. Agree or disagree, this is where everything was headed. It is thus the height of irresponsibility for the Biden administration to make the incoming administration’s job more difficult and the war between Russia and Ukraine more deadly.

Lame duck administrations have responsibilities.

Let me state what’s obvious for all who are watching closely: Increasing the war and increasing Putin’s chances of using nuclear weapons is the height of insanity and irresponsibility.