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...leading member of Congress last night called for a United Nations-administered solution to the 22-year-old Cambodian civil war, saying it was the best way to prevent the bloody Khmer Rouge from regaining power there...
...Institute of Politics forum, Rep. Stephen Solarz (D-NY) said any peace agreement that gave the Khmer Rouge a share of power would only lead to further bloodshed...
...problem lies in the alternative--leaving a Vietnamese government in Phnom Penh. Unwilling to let Vietnam extend its sphere of influence, both China and the United States would prefer the opposition coalition that includes the Khmer Rouge. But the Cambodian people would...
...holds out hope that Prince Sihanouk willd be able to control the Khmer Rouge and effectively lead a democratic government in Phnom Penh. But the fact that he chooses to ally himself with a guerrilla group repulsive to the majority of Cambodians does not speak will of his political judgment. While Prince Sihanouk argues that the Khmer Rouge will continue fighting their guerilla war unless they are given some say in governing Cambodia, that hardly justifies negotiating with mass murderers...
...under [opposition co-leader] Lon Nol or Hun Sen; it's all the same," only, "They worry about their children having to fight a war," Dith Pran wrote in a New York Times Magazine piece on his return to Cambodia for the first time since his escape from the Khmer Rouge. While the U.S. may have to swallow its pride by accepting a diplomatic victory for the Vietnamese for the moment, everyone would benefit in the long run. Everyone, that is, except the Khmer Rouge...