In each case, surrender or accommodation to superior force was an option.
Madison's government believed they could win, and they were right, so it was a wise choice.
You are entitled to your opinion (if it is your opinion) that Ukraine can beat Russia straight up, but it's my opinion that the certain outcome for Ukraine is death and destruction, and, that being so, I have no appetite for cheering them on.
The strong do what they can, the weak do what they must.
Under Obama, The U.S. has become a very poor ally.
UKRAINE had the 3rd largest nuclear weapons in the world behind Russia & U.S.
On 5 December, 1994 Ukraine adhered to the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons by giving up its arsenal of nuclear weapons under the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.
This treaty was signed by three nuclear powers the Russian Federation, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom which provided security assurances to maintain Ukraine sovereignty by the fact that they were signatories to this agreement.
Where is there security assurance now when Ukraine is in desperate need of war armaments to fight off its Russian invaders?