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...policy in Southeast Asia was bad. Fear of the Soviet Union led us to ignore rights issues and oppose the Vietnamese-installed government in Cambodia...
...arguing the above, John Cloud's opinion piece ("Finally, Hope in Southeast Asia," November 17) oversimplifies U.S. policy towards Cambodia in the 1980s. Cloud is, of course, justified to say that our policy overlooked human rights concerns; indirect military support and direct diplomatic support for the genocidal Khmer Rouge is unforgivable...
...Vietnam invaded Cambodia and overthrew the Khmer Rouge regime. For the following nine years, more than 200,000 Vietnamese troops occupied the country and kept the governemnt in power. Two years ago, most of the Vietnamese troops left Cambodia, but the current Hun Sen regime is still heavily dependent on Hanoi...
...quickly fading heat of the Cold War, we see its repercussions for the nations where it was fought. Vietnam's standard of living makes the Soviet Union look like a vacation spot. In Cambodia, a lingering war led by the Khmer Rouge still costs the lives of thousands each year...
...does his homework," says Leahy. On weekends, he usually returns to Nebraska, where he divides his time between constituents and his children, Ben, 15, and Lindsey, 13, who live in Omaha with their mother. On longer recesses, he is likely to travel abroad (early this year to Vietnam and Cambodia, in part for sentimental reasons, chiefly to shore up his foreign policy credentials). He is critical of the Bush Administration's Asian policy, but has yet to formulate one of his own, which he believes is a President's role, not a Senator's. Congressional colleagues, including some Democrats, fault...