Word: cambodias
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Viet Nam and Cambodia clash in a far from fraternal border conflict
Your article on Cambodia [Nov. 21] made me wonder what happened to all of the people who screamed "genocide" at American activities in Southeast Asia designed to prevent the type of atrocities currently being committed by the Pol Pot regime. Our human rights campaign has to date been highly selective, directed primarily against governments of the right while leaving left-leaning regimes almost completely alone. Talk about the old double standard...
This defense is problematic at best, since it relies on value judgements, not facts. A great many reasonable Americans strongly objected to Nixon's statecraft. Many were horrified by the secret invasion of Cambodia, the Christmas bombing of North Vietnam, or the determined attempts to undermine couet-ordered busing programs. For these people, Nixon's record as president could only be considered one more mark against him in his battle for survival...
...took control, if refugee reports are correct, at least 500,000 people out of a population that once totaled 7 million have either been executed or have died from a variety of causes. Premier Pol Pot has declared that another 2% of the population are still "enemies of democratic Cambodia." Presumably they are in danger of what the government euphemistically describes as "the elimination of contradictions...
...Cambodia has become a net exporter of rice. There is food available, but so much is reserved for export that the standard meal has become fish gruel and banana leaves. Even that is served in communal dining halls, which helps accomplish two government aims: to break up family life and limit opportunities to hoard food, which is needed for escape. Family names are being wiped out in the new order. Cambodians are now referred to by their controllers and the government simply by surname, with the term met (comrade) in front. Comrades are expected to do what they are told...