In my experience everything before the but is a lie. Your whole article is justifying a full-on invasion and rewarding the dictator who launched it. What do you imagine these negotiations with Putin will be like? After you have crushed the Ukrainians you may have your moment in the sun waving a meaningless piece of paper and shouting "Peace in our time!" but you'll be eating crow soon afterward. The Ukrainians, Poles, Finns and the rest of the Eastern Europeans surrounding Russia are more aware of historical context than anyone. Appease dictators like Putin at your peril.