The interim between a US presidential election and the swearing in of a new Administration has for most of our history been a non-eventful period where the outgoing Administration winds down operations and the incoming Administration ramps up new personnel before the inauguration.

The 20th Amendment to our Constitution was enacted in 1933 to reduce the "lame duck" period between election and inauguration to January 20th instead of March 4th. Increasing ease in travel and communications made such a long interim unnecessary. However long the transition period, it has been understood that with the new election came a new mandate from the American people and the "lame duck" outgoing administration was meant to quietly quack out its last few days in office without incident.

Then came Biden. In the period since the American people rejected Biden's neocon interventionists in favor of Donald Trump's promises to end the wars, the "lame duck" has run roughshod over the will of the American people. Whoever is running Biden – and the answer is unclear – has decided to "Trump proof" foreign policy to bring us to the literal brink of WWIII with Russia. And to top it off, Biden's people this past week have again unleashed al-Qaeda linked rebels to wreak havoc in Syria!