It is so absolutely naive and downright dumb to see and think that Hun Sen is a civilian leader, while the man controls just about every military commander in the whole country. Basically, Hun Sen is a military dictator.
Likewise, it naive to think that democracy is measured by the number of elections held and the number of international observers turing up a few minutes at the polling booths. On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 9:36 PM, rattanakiri <[email protected]> wrote: > > I do not think Hun sen fired Ke Kimyan because he was very honest > military leader. This guy lowns land from Kampot to Poipat > Hun sen fired him because he allied himself with Hun Sen opponent > politically. Whenever civilian leader can fire military leader, it is a > good thing people. Bush fired (forced retirement) generals who do not > listen to him. That is democracy, civilian leader is the boss. > khmerization junior wrote: > > Dear All, > > The only obvious explanation to his sacking is that Gen. Ke Kimyan is > > a very honest military leader who is very popular within the Cambodian > > People's Party and within the military ranks. He could be a potential > > political threat and a serious rival to Mr. Hun Sen's political > > future. As a consequence, Gen. Ke Kimyan has to be sacked, not because > > of his impropriety, but rather because of Mr. Hun Sen's insatiable > > thirst for a political conquest through purges of political opponents > > and rivals in his quest for a political supremacy. To read the full > > text click below: > > > > > > Hun Sen's Political Purges > > < > http://khmerization.blogspot.com/2009/01/hun-sens-political-purges.html> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
