Dear Amigo kangaroo, Just one friendly correction, or perhaps exception: the Khmer Rouge didn't kill the Cambodian people for power; they were already in power when they committed the genocide. They mass-murdered the Cambodian people because they hated the Cambodian people.
Pheng Kim Ving On Aug 22, 11:44 am, kangaroo <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 21, 4:18 am, Pheng Kim Ving <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Re:http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc/browse_thread/thread/18df27878... > > > Dear Khemarak Kheng, > > > Thank you very much for your suggestion. I know it's a sincere one. > > > However I like to repeat again that I`ve never said Vietnam has always > > been good to Cambodia. And I like to repeat again that what I argue > > against is the accusation that Vietnam trained or ordered the Khmer > > Rouge to commit the genocide against their own people the Cambodian > > people. > > There are partial truth behind the training. > Ofcourse, Vietnam did train Khmer Rogue to fight Lon Nol regime backed > by the US. > Consequently, they committed genocide in the country. Vietnamese did > not participate in that genocide. > I just want to make it clear because some people still believe that > vietnamese are all behind the Cambodian illnesses. > > > One of my arguments is, if we blame on other nations for the Khmers > > killing the Khmers, we send a wrong message to other Khmers that it`s > > ok to kill other Khmers; the message is, you`re not at fault when you > > kill other Khmers, it's the fault of other nations. > > No matter how you want to put it, Cambodians kill Cambodians. > Even when you believe that Vietnamese are behind the killings, the > facts still show that Cambodians kill Cambodians with their own hands > in their own country. > Who should be responsible? > Soviet Union? > > > I've not been arguing against those Khmers who hate Vietnam for other > > reason(s). > > You can hate Vietnamese as much as you want. The facts remain the > same. Cambodians kill Cambodians with their own hands in their own > country. Consequently, Cambodia ia weaker and weaker to defend itself. > Then it would be easier for Vietnam to take over Cambodia. > THIS IS THE TRUTH. > > Cambodians have been fighting each other for power in their own > country. They use other nation to help them do it in their own country > with their own hands. > THIS IS THE TRUTH. -- 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
