Dear Kmuoy Mekong and Joe from America, I think both of you should be teaching Khmer History.
Thank you, Meeng ry On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Mekong River <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Like it or not, after Western imperialist powers had gone through the two > world wars, let alone the First Indochina War which had bled the French; > they were exhausted physically and financially. So hanging on to their > colonies worldwise were not an easy task and infeasible. > > While it is not meant to undervalue his achievement, King Ta overclaimed > the credit, as usual. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:42 AM, Kenneth So <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> Cambodia was celebrating her 55th anniversary of Khmer independence from >> France yesterday. Most of the younger Khmer generation may not be aware of >> how we obtain the independence from France. Every Cambodians have >> contributed to this struggle, but the main architect of the road to Khmer >> independence was King Father Norodom Sihanouk. He was brilliant in his >> approach and a true Khmer nationalist who dared to go against the French >> government that had put Him on the throne twelve years earlier. It was a >> bold move by His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk because His action against >> the French could have cost Him the throne. >> >> Enclosed please find an article (The Road to Khmer Independence) that I >> wrote in collaboration with a friend of mine about how we obatined >> independence from France. >> >> http://www.caraweb.org/articles/roadtokhmerindependence.html >> >> Enjoy! >> >> >> -- >> Kenneth So >> Aryasatya (Sanskrit) >> Chattari Ariyasachchani (Pali) >> Chatuk Arey Sachak (Khmer) >> The Four Noble Truths (English) >> >> >> >> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
