What a dunce this Prof. The US does not have the capacity to “want” something. Biden, Congress Critters, Generals, privates may or may not want something. They have that capacity.
The “US” does not have the capacity to “want” anything.
You aren’t the United States. I’m not either. Most of the people in the country also aren’t. It’s precisely “Biden, Congress Critters, Generals,” contractors and bureaucrats who are.