Defending from absorbtion and my war goal

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I'm under attack by a Lithovore devouror, so, the total war rules are in effect. My options are humiliation and containment war goals. Does it matter what I pick? Humiliation only matters if there's a surrender, which can't happen with total war, only status quo or defeat ends the war. And containment is to start total war, which is already happening.

So does this make a difference?