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...Killing Fields is a very emotional film, but I think if you don't know the background of Cambodia, it's hard to understand exactly what's going on, who were the Khmer Rouge...
This is the backdrop that provides the Cambodian people, and the world community, with a plethora of paradoxes. The two most important goals--getting rid of the Vietnamese and destroying the Khmer Rouge, militarily the strongest of the resistance groups--are mutually incompatible. There is not much any outside observer can do to help out the situation, but the United States refuses to do what little is possible to ameliorate things...
...numerous--and so far unsuccessful--trips to the United States to raise support for his entirely worthwhile cause. Not only would such a move make sense morally, it would make sense strategically, because it would give Son Sann's group greater leverage in its marriage of convenience with the Khmer Rouge and former head of state, Prince Sihanouk. Given the Administration's rhetoric about fighting communism, it is hard to see why they won't take this simple step...
...Administration should also match its military option with diplomatic maneuvering to take advantage of its new-found friendship with the Chinese, who ought to be persuaded to drop their support of the Khmer Rouge, a product of their long-standing, virulent hatred of the Vietnamese. Such a move could lead to a new effort at rapprochement with the Vietnamese. They are being bled white by their costly occupation of Cambodia and would likely welcome the chance, on the right terms, to loosen the stranglehold presented by the increasing Soviet military presense in their country. The first step in this diplomatic...
...arrogant to agree on reasonable terms with the United States. In the same way, the American bipolar view of the world could blind us to the possibility that the Vietnamese might be amenable to an agreement. And if no way can be found to minimize the influence of the Khmer Rouge forces, it seems to make little sense to ask the Vietnamese troops to leave. The best we could probably hope for under such a policy would be to have the Vietnamese leave the country with a government friendly to them in their place. The more likely result is continual...