In his Oval Office address on July 24, U.S. President Joe Biden rightly claimed credit for being the “first president of this century to report to the American people that the United States is not at war anywhere in the world.” However, his persistent refusal to declare that the U.S. wants Ukraine to win its defensive war against Russia will make it far less likely that any of his successors can say the same. “Rallying a coalition of proud nations to stop (Russian President Vladimir) Putin from taking over Ukraine and doing more damage,” as the United States did in 2022, is not enough in 2024….