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I get so sick of the Vietnam revisionist "historians" assert that "if
only we'd stuck it out longer" things would have turned out better.
Here's an article that explains what happened in Cambodia, why the Khmer
Rouge came to power, etc. There author quotes former Khmer Rouge
officers and survivors of the B-52 carpet bombing raids. Here are a few
excerpts:
'The Cambodian bombing campaign had two unintended side effects that
ultimately combined to produce the very domino effect that the Vietnam
War was supposed to prevent. First, the bombing forced the Vietnamese
Communists deeper and deeper into Cambodia, bringing them into greater
contact with Khmer Rouge insurgents. Second, the bombs drove ordinary
Cambodians into the arms of the Khmer Rouge, a group that seemed
initially to have slim prospects of revolutionary success.
'Pol Pot himself described the Khmer Rouge during that period as "fewer
than five thousand poorly armed guerrillas . . . scattered across the
Cambodian landscape, uncertain about their strategy, tactics, loyalty,
and leaders."
'Years after the war ended, journalist Bruce Palling asked Chhit Do, a
former Khmer Rouge officer, if his forces had used the bombing as
anti-American propaganda. Chhit Do replied:
'"Every time after there had been bombing, they would take the people to
see the craters, to see how big and deep the craters were, to see how
the earth had been gouged out and scorched . . . . The ordinary people
sometimes literally ***** in their pants when the big bombs and shells
came. Their minds just froze up and they would wander around mute for
three or four days. Terrified and half crazy, the people were ready to
believe what they were told. It was because of their dissatisfaction
with the bombing that they kept on co-operating with the Khmer Rouge,
joining up with the Khmer Rouge, sending their children off to go with
them. . . . Sometimes the bombs fell and hit little children, and their
fathers would be all for the Khmer Rouge."
'A Cambodian witness responded to an earlier publication of this article
by writing:
"I could not agree with you more based on my experiences during the
bombing in Takeo around 1972. The bombings were [spreading] further into
towns and villages. My parents' house was hit by the bombs, and we had
to move to the opposite side of the country. We had known [that] almost
the entire village that survived from the bombings had joined forces
with the Khmer Rouge."
'The Nixon administration knew that the Khmer Rouge was winning over
peasants. The CIA's Directorate of Operations, after investigations
south of Phnom Penh, reported in May 1973 that the Communists were
"using damage caused by B-52 strikes as the main theme of their
propaganda," and that such propaganda was "effective." But this does not
seem to have registered as a primary strategic U.S. concern.'
http://japanfocus.org/products/details/2420
Capping all this off, and demonstrating that the Empire doesn't give a
whit about "freedom" or "democracy" in Vietnam, Cambodia, Iraq,
Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world, including the US:
'...the burgeoning US-China alliance led Washington to quietly support
the Khmer Rouge regime. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told
Thailand's foreign minister on November 26, 1975, "You should also tell
the Cambodians that we will be friends with them. They are murderous
thugs, but we won't let that stand in our way."'
Boys and girls, it's time to slash the Empire's military and close down
the foreign bases before we bring "democracy" to the citizens of any
more unfortunate third world countries.
Bill Rood
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I get so sick of the Vietnam revisionist "historians" assert that "if
only we'd stuck it out longer" things would have turned out better.
Here's an article that explains what happened in Cambodia, why the
Khmer Rouge came to power, etc. There author quotes former Khmer Rouge
officers and survivors of the B-52 carpet bombing raids. Here are a
few excerpts:<br>
<br>
'<span style="" arial="" narrow="" color="" lang="EN-GB">The
Cambodian bombing campaign had two unintended side effects that
ultimately combined to produce the very domino effect that the Vietnam
War was supposed to prevent. First, the bombing forced the Vietnamese
Communists deeper and deeper into <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Cambodia</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
bringing them into greater contact with Khmer Rouge insurgents. Second,
the bombs drove ordinary Cambodians into the arms of the Khmer Rouge, a
group that seemed initially to have slim prospects of revolutionary
success.<o:p></o:p></span>
<p style="margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="" arial="" narrow="" color="" lang="EN-GB">'Pol
Pot himself described the Khmer Rouge during that period as “fewer than
five thousand poorly armed guerrillas . . . scattered across the
Cambodian landscape, uncertain about their strategy, tactics, loyalty,
and leaders.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="" arial="" narrow="" color="" lang="EN-GB">'Years
after the war ended, journalist Bruce Palling asked Chhit Do, a former
Khmer Rouge officer, if his forces had used the bombing as
anti-American propaganda. Chhit Do replied:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="" arial="" narrow="" color="" lang="EN-GB">'“Every
time after there had been bombing, they would take the people to see
the craters, to see how big and deep the craters were, to see how the
earth had been gouged out and scorched . . . . The ordinary people
sometimes literally ***** in their pants when the big bombs and shells
came. Their minds just froze up and they would wander around mute for
three or four days. Terrified and half crazy, the people were ready to
believe what they were told. It was because of their dissatisfaction
with the bombing that they kept on co-operating with the Khmer Rouge,
joining up with the Khmer Rouge, sending their children off to go with
them. . . . Sometimes the bombs fell and hit little children, and their
fathers would be all for the Khmer Rouge.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="" arial="" narrow="" color="" lang="EN-GB">'A Cambodian witness
responded to an earlier publication of this article by writing:</span><em><span
style="" arial="" narrow="" lang="EN-GB"> </span></em><span style=""
arial="" narrow="" color="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"
class="MsoNormal"><span style="" arial="" narrow="">“I
could not agree with you more based on my experiences during the
bombing in Takeo around 1972. The bombings were [spreading] further
into towns and villages. My parents’ house was hit by the bombs, and we
had to move to the opposite side of the country. We had known [that]
almost the entire village that survived from the bombings had joined
forces with the Khmer Rouge.”</span><span style="" arial="" narrow=""
color="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="" arial="" narrow="" color="" lang="EN-GB">'The
Nixon administration knew that the Khmer Rouge was winning over
peasants. The CIA’s Directorate of Operations, after investigations
south of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Phnom Penh</st1:place></st1:city>,
reported in May 1973 that the Communists were “using damage caused by
B-52 strikes as the main theme of their propaganda,” and that such
propaganda was “effective.” But this does not seem to have registered
as a primary strategic <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> concern.'<br>
<br>
<a href="http://japanfocus.org/products/details/2420">http://japanfocus.org/products/details/2420</a><br>
<br>
Capping all this off, and demonstrating that the Empire doesn't give a
whit about "freedom" or "democracy" in Vietnam, Cambodia, Iraq,
Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world, including the US:<br>
<br>
'</span><span style="" arial="" narrow="">...</span><span style=""
arial="" narrow="">the burgeoning US-China alliance led <st1:state
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:state> to
quietly support the Khmer Rouge regime. </span><span style="" arial=""
narrow="">Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Thailand</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
foreign minister on November 26, 1975, “You should also tell the
Cambodians that we will be friends with them. They are murderous thugs,
but we won’t let that stand in our way.”'<br>
<br>
Boys and girls, it's time to slash the Empire's military and close down
the foreign bases before we bring "democracy" to the citizens of any
more unfortunate third world countries.<br>
<br>
Bill Rood<br>
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