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President Bush could make the nightmare all the more likely if he decides -- as some of his aides and key Congressmen are urging -- to start sending U.S. arms to the non-Communist resistance forces. Under present circumstances, and under current U.S. policy, that "lethal assistance" would be directed against Phnom Penh, not the Khmer Rouge...
...September, leaving behind a pro-Hanoi regime. The decision presented the Bush Administration with a chance to turn, unambiguously, to preventing the Khmer Rouge from moving into power. Instead, the Administration is now giving priority to bringing down the Communist regime that the Vietnamese installed in Phnom Penh -- though that regime seems to be rebuilding the country...
What is, alas, all but inevitable is more civil war after the Vietnamese pull out. With their record, the Khmer Rouge can hardly be expected to submit to elections or to participate in a peaceful democracy. If they and the non- Communists remain aligned against the Phnom Penh leaders, the three- against-one combination will probably end in the defeat of the odd faction out; that will allow the Khmer Rouge to turn their guns on the other...
Despite Baker's apparent fatalism, the U.S. does have another choice. It could back a three-part coalition that includes the two non-Communist factions and the leaders in Phnom Penh but forcefully excludes the Khmer Rouge. Not unless and until the two non-Communist groups accept that realignment should Washington provide them with arms. The result would be a different three- against-one equation that might lead to the eventual disintegration of the Khmer Rouge. And that would be a far happier fact of life for Kampuchea -- as well as a consequence for U.S. policy of which Americans could...
Whether because of Soviet pressure or its own fatigue, Viet Nam dropped its insistence that a fall pullout could take place only if all aid to the forces opposing its puppet government in Phnom Penh, including those of Prince Norodom Sihanouk and the murderous Khmer Rouge, was simultaneously halted. Kampuchea reserved the right to seek "assistance" once more if such aid continued, but many analysts believe Hanoi is more interested in concentrating on its own sadly deteriorated economy. The Vietnamese hope their withdrawal will ultimately open up economic links to the U.S., which has long made their departure a condition...