If you looking for negative in any event to dwell for political reason or whatever, you are going to find some. But some extremists forget the fact or would like us to forget the fact without Jan 7th, probably none of us are here today or there would be no second chance for Cambodia to rise back up again. Again, some extremist people still think that Cambodia is still under Vietnamese yoke, or Thai yoke. For me, the fact we are here to have open-minded, and not so open-minded discussion about Cambodia, Jan 7th, etc in Cambodia, Camdisc, grow old seeing our children and grand children, are good enough reason that we should remember and celebrate January 7th. So what Jan 7th 1979 was not exactly the perfect day for Cambodia that we would like to have, so was neither any other important event in Cambodian history. We had to ask the French to conquered to save us from the Siam and Vietnamese in 18th century. It was not exactly our proud moment but we are here and Cambodia is still a state.
Most Khmer nationalists are full of pride but short on braincell, case in point, heir Pol Pot and his followers, and the neo nationalist idiots after them. In art of war, Sun Tzu said if I fight I will win. He did not say I fight because I am proud He also said if you lose, you lose well, so you can fight another day. There is nothing wrong in celebrating Jan 7th as a national liberation day. It is the politicians and their supporters need to change their attitude and priority putting the Country first , not their parties and ideologies. Jayakhmer wrote: > Also posted at www.modernprogressivekhmer.blogspot.com > > It is quite intriguing to see Samdech Prime Minister reacted to those > who did not see January 7th as a day of liberation. He said, “If you > ignorant persons and extremists do not dare acknowledge the truth [of > January 7, 1979], you are not humans, you are truly animals.” > > That includes your truly here. I see January 7th as a day of > invasion. > > I am sure that Samdech Prime Minister is entitled to his opinion. > Like all of us, he is free to opine on any matter. On this particular > issue, I simply want to offer a different opinion. > > Before getting into the substance of the matter, I want to acknowledge > all Cambodians who were members of the United Front for National > Salvation of Kampuchea (UFNSK) who participate in the invasion. I am > grateful for their efforts for doing their very best under the > circumstance to dismantle the Khmer Rouge regime. That was a noble > deed. > > January 7th did in fact stop the killing, but Cambodia was not free. > Vietnam occupied Cambodia; therefore, by definition Cambodia was not > liberated. This is why the word “liberation” has a major semantic > problem. One cannot call oneself a liberated being if one is not free > to determine one’s destiny. Liberation could not be further from the > truth. The world knows that Cambodia was under Vietnam’s control from > the day it invaded Cambodia until it was pressured to withdraw. > > To form a more perfect union with all Cambodians and all political > factions, Cambodia should abandon January 7th as “liberation” day. > > I am quite sure that every Cambodian can embrace January 7th as a > major turning point. It was pivotal in a sense that January 7th > allowed Cambodia to temporarily escape from the yoke of the Khmer > Rouge regime; it was also the day Cambodia went into another bondage > of foreign occupation. > > I wish that Samdech Prime Minister views those of us who hold a > different opinion another patriots who love the country as much as he > does. Imagine if everyone agrees with Pol Pot, we would not have > January 7th. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
