The atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023 were recorded by the terrorists themselves on their hip GoPro cameras, their mobile phones, and even the phones of their victims.

Nevertheless, within hours, there were those in America and Europe denying that invaders from Gaza, after breaching the Israeli border at 119 locations, had carried out mass murders, sadistic sexual violence, mutilations, hostage-takings, and the burning of babies.

That shouldn't surprise you. After all, there's my truth, your truth, and his, her, and their truths, right?

No. Not right.

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You probably know what a reverse mortgage is because you've seen Tom Selleck selling them on television commercials. And you may recall from high school gym class what a reverse half-nelson is.

But do you know what a "Reverse Kissinger" is?

I ask because there's reason to believe that some of President Trump's advisors are telling him that a Reverse Kissinger should be his approach to Russian ruler Vladimir Putin.

And I'm telling you that would be a fool's errand. Stick with me for a few paragraphs and I think you'll agree.

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It's been 18 months since Hamas's invasion of Israel and the barbaric pogrom that followed. Hamas is still holding and torturing hostages. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are still fighting not just Hamas but also Hamas's allies, all of them guided and supported by the jihadi regime in Tehran.

That's the bad news.

The good news: Painfully but steadily, Israelis have been making progress against enemies who intend not to subjugate them but to exterminate them.

Israel's first War of Independence, 1948-49, lasted 20 months. This one will take longer.

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In 2008, Vladimir Putin's troops invaded neighboring Georgia and seized control of two regions. That chilled Russia's relations with the United States.

But not for long.

The following year, President Obama announced a "reset" of Washington's relations with Moscow.

"The United States and Russia have more in common than they have differences," Mr. Obama said. "We want to work with Russia on issues of common concern."

Where did that lead?

In 2014, Mr. Putin's troops invaded and then annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and ignited an insurgency in Ukraine's Donbas region.

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First, President Trump muscled Volodymyr Zelensky into accepting, without security guarantees or other preconditions, a 30-day ceasefire in the brutal war that Vladimir Putin has been waging against Ukraine for more than three years.

Next, President Trump sent a message asking Mr. Putin if he was willing to do the same.

"We agree with the proposal to cease hostilities," the Russian ruler said at a Moscow press conference last week. "But we have to bear in mind that this ceasefire must be aimed at a long-lasting peace, and it must look at the root causes of the crisis."

Allow me to translate: He said no.

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