"a coward casts aspersions on a global hero of freedom and democracy."
Zelensky is, at least, partly responsible for the following by not surrendering on day 1 and not going into exile: The deaths of tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians and soldiers; the total destruction of many Ukrainian cities; millions of uprooted people; the destruction of Ukraine's wheat exports leading to famine throughout the World; and creating the circumstances that might lead to World War III.
I hate to admit it but Daisaku Ikeda was right about war: "It is easier to conquer than it is to rule." Russia will not be under Putin forever. As a "whole Ukraine" with all its live populace and intact infrastructure (or, at least a whole "East" and West Ukraine), would Ukraine and the Ukrainian people not have been better off without this protracted war? Does not the Lotus Sutra teach tof ABSOLUTE dignity of human like? Killing each other, be they civilians or military destroys the dignity of human life because it destroys the potential for Buddhahood.
By the way, here is a brief history of Ukraine and Russia, the Tangled History that Connects and Divides Them:
One other caveat, I believe that that the repression and killing of the Ukrainian people today, should Russia had conquered Ukraine on day one, could not be possible today.
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