It has become evident the Biden administration has embraced conflict “containment” as its principal objective in dealing with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to this theory, while it would be nice if Ukraine survives the war, that is not of fundamental importance. What is critical, as far as the Biden administration is concerned, is that the war not be spread to involve other parties, notably the US and NATO. Thus Biden has ruled out providing NATO air support, a no-fly zone, old Warsaw Pact MiGs, or even Patriot antimissile batteries on the supposition that such aid might sufficiently anger Russian dictator Vladimir Put to the point where he lashes out at the United States or our NATO allies, thereby drawing us into the war.