AWAKE! Why did Vietnam be taught a lesson in Feb. 1979? Why did Georgia be taught a lesson in Jul. 2008? >From early 1965 onwards, Vietnamese communists drifted towards the Soviet >Union, as now both the Soviet Union and China supplied arms to North Vietnam >during their war against South Vietnamand the United States. Although the >Vietnamese Communists and the Khmer Rouge had previously cooperated, the >relationship deteriorated when Khmer Rouge leader Pol Potcame to power and >established Democratic Kampuchea. The Cambodian regime demanded that certain >tracts of land be "returned" to Cambodia, lands that had been "lost" centuries >earlier. Unsurprisingly, the Vietnamese refused the demands, and Pol Pot >responded by massacring ethnic Vietnamese inside Cambodia (see History of >Cambodia), and, by 1978, supporting a Vietnamese guerrillaarmy making >incursions into western Vietnam. Realizing that Cambodia was being supported by the PRC, Vietnam approached the Soviets about possible actions. The Soviets saw this as a major opportunity. The Vietnamese army, fresh from combat with the US's ground forces, would easily be able to defeat the Cambodian forces. This would not only remove the only major PRC-aligned political force in the area but also demonstrate the benefits of being aligned with the USSR. The Vietnamese were equally excited about the potential outcome. Laoswas already a strong ally; if Cambodia could be "turned," Vietnam would emerge as a major regional power, political master of Indochina. The Vietnamese feared reprisals from the PRC. Over a period of several months in 1978, the Soviets made it clear that they were supporting the Vietnamese against Cambodian incursions. They felt this political show of force would keep the Chinese out of any sort of direct confrontation, allowing the Vietnamese and Cambodians to fight out what was to some extent a Sino-Soviet war by proxy. In late 1978, the Vietnamese military invaded Cambodia. As expected, their experienced and well-equipped troops had little difficulty defeating the Khmer Rouge forces. On January 7, 1979Vietnamese-backed Cambodian forces seized Phnom Penh, thus ending the Khmer Rouge regime. PRC vs. Vietnam: Third Indochina War. The PRC was growing increasingly defiant. The USSR felt that there was simply no way that they could directly support Vietnam against the PRC; the distances were too great to be an effective ally, and any sort of reinforcements would have to cross territory controlled by the PRC or U.S. allies. The only realistic option would be to indirectly re-start the simmering border war with China in the north; Vietnam was important to Soviet policy but not enough for the Soviets to go to war over.On February 15, 1979 the PRC publicly announced their intention to strike back the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia. Few observers realized the symbolic importance of this date. In an attempt to disrupt Vietnam, PRC snipers killed Vietnamese along the Chinese-Vietnam border. It marked the expiration of the 30 year-old 1950 Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance, and thus the first time that the PRC could strike back a Soviet ally without breaking their own treaties.
----- Original Message ---- From: เดช <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 3:11:24 AM Subject: Re: bozo peter wong kampuchun. if u don't open ur stinky mouth, u r fine, but using bozo chau bury to conceal ur network with vietnamese u r craked. obama foreign policy has none. but biden. obama-biden will shift and he won't support vietnam. he promises change for his country not for vietnam. obama rises because the left and right are broke, no money for vietnam. china has no intention to share with the usa in its own region. china does not want vietnam to be with the usa. but the region need both china and usa to compete. On Aug 26, 11:02 am, "sacravatoons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obama's policy is not weak but he does more understand the real facts of > humanity that he've been lived through of his life. > Like or not Uncle Sam has to have sharing power with China to survive as > the Super Power. > > Cheers, > Bun H > > > > > > > you don't see the usa supporting vietnam against china? you don't see > > the usa closed both eyes see no vietnamese sleeping force in cambodia. > > usa gave trucks to cambodia and vietnamese are dog trainers. foreign > > policy of obama-biden is weak, they won't anymore support vietnam. > > troubles in the region needs usa and china to compete. but when > > vietnam has no more support, vietnam will turn to china. > > the usa did the same to cambodia in cold war with thailand. the klong > > users from u-tapoa cannot count how many bombs they dropped on > > cambodia. what has been happening in the region needs new change. > > > On Aug 26, 9:50 am, "sacravatoons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> both of you chau bury and peter wong kampuchun are bullshit. the khmer- > >> viet krom have no army can't take cambodia but the million vietnamese > >> in cambodia are the sleeping force can. peter wong kampuchun show ur > >> real face when u come to cambodia. > >> if obama-biden win, the usa cannot help the vietnamese anymore, it is > >> good for cambodia, because china will be the only big broher in the > >> region. > >> ??? > > >> On Aug 26, 8:54 am, Neak kampuchea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > On Aug 23, 11:00 am, Neak kampuchea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > Chau Bury or Chan Bury or Chanta Bury is the same guy from KK group > >> > > that carries Vietnamese toilet at all time. When he pronounces some > >> > > thing, he starts with "Vietnam occupation". > > >> > > Yes occupation on KK heads in South Vietnam, but it's not in > >> > > Cambodia. > >> > > She is free to spend dollars on any street, but in Vietnam foreign > >> > > currency circulating is prohibited. We get freedom to move and to > >> > > choose inter-racial marriage with Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese and > >> > > others. We are in here accepting integration among ethnicities in > >> > > which million and million new face of Cambodia have been coming up > >> > > everyday. > > >> > > This main stream Cambodian is reaching majority in which every > >> > > Cambodian must be cooperated with each other to loudly speak out > >> > > together for educationally bringing "Chunkampuchea" into the public > >> > > mind set. This is our sole duty for psychologically unifying all > >> > > Cambodia's inhabitant without discriminating of origin of birth of > >> > > anyone if we want Cambodia to get strong with diversity. > > >> > > Remember, pronouncing person race is an insult, from which would be a > >> > > big push for Cambodia social disintegration and devastated disaster. > > >> > > Cambodian democracy needs to have courage for changing the old way of > >> > > thinking for adjusting to the continued changing Cambodian social > >> > > fabric. We must defuse racism time bomb and have a strong political > >> > > support from a novel policy of non discrimination of origin of birth > >> > > to start with as a win-win strategy by using a new speaking term for > >> > > winning hearts and souls of every diverse Cambodia's inhabitants. We > >> > > need one Cambodian society as a one big Cambodian nation in a one > >> > > strong Cambodia. 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