Nothing creates confusion more than war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that ¡°diplomacy leads to peace and peace is desirable for every human being.¡±

Yet Ukrainian officials have furiously denounced suggestions ¡ª most recently from 99-year-old former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger ¡ª that they settle for a return to the status quo ante, leaving Vladimir Putin in control of large swathes of Ukrainian territory.

Ukraine ¡°does not trade its sovereignty for someone to fill their wallet,¡± raged a senior adviser to Zelenskyy. The Ukrainian leader himself suggested that Americans who opposed support for his country ¡°start reading some World War II memoirs,¡± since any appeasement of Putin would only encourage him to invade more European countries.