Lok Savun, In hindsight, the agreement was a double edged sword. It could serve a good purpose only if it was properly enforced. It was not fully implemented for UNTAC failed badly. Vietnam was a few steps ahead of those power hunger and power hunting individuals. Cambodian fighters forgot (or chose to ignore) that the communists only negotiated when they were losing. Vietnam had plenty of experiences in dealing with such agreements with the US and other countries. It has never respected any agreements and why should anyone trust Vietnam to enforce the 1991 peace treaty? Cambodians were led to believe that the agreement was going to be fully enforced, but the Vietnamese and their allies had no intention to implement that. They had fully controlled Cambodia infrastructures at the time the agreement was signed. Now the Phnom Penh government and the CPP officials are laughing at those same people who honor the agreement helping them to get their power and riches. Unfortunately, those who signed the agreement are now on the same side. ================ In a message dated 10/22/2009 10:29:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Many people are celebrating October 23rd, 1991 as peaceful day or peace treaty. For me , I called October 3rd, 1991 is the day that Khmer were lost their land for ever, and it is just like Kampuchea Krom and the October 23rd, 1991 is the sad day for Khmer race , which became the minority in their land. Savun --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
