In Camdisc:There are numerous books about Cambodia tragic past. First I respect your argument, but give me one example of which regime was better than SRN of His Majesty former king ? People whom you asked why they like SRN of Norodom Sihanouk, and they did not why, I think you asked a wrong person. Majority of Cambodian from the lowest to the highest agreed the golden era of Khmer kingdom after colonial was Sangkum Reast Niyum of fomer king Norodom Sihanouk, why ? The country was peace, stable, prosperity and gave birth to a new renaissance of the old shattered kingdom .Did you know how many years the country had live under control of Siam and Viet prior to the arrival of France ? Thank to France saving Cambodia, otherwise there would be no country we called Cambodia today. France had worked hard to reconstruct and defended the kingdom from annexation of the West and the East, that why we see most of French Residence Superiors were Khmer Historians like Moura, Etienne Aymonier ( I read his 4 volumes book, Le Cambodge actuel ).As I said the cold war had ripple affect to the small countries like Cambodia whose sovereign was undermined by others .The Vietnam war was a major factor of Cambodia downfall, I agreed with David Chandler, but the during the course of the war, Cambodia was just a side Show of super power, according to William Shawcross. There was a mistake had been made in part from the fomer king, but he attempted to rectify also, but was late, the situation was boiling down to the no return point. Fighting back against Khmer Republic was a personal revenge, according to Steven Heder, but if the Khmer Republic leaders followed the footstep of Phibul Songkram in the Thai coup 1932, it would not be a major catastrophy. But Khmer Republic went the other way around, personal attacks, condemned him to death, the Vietcong and Khmer Rouges were happy to see the drama.All of these were considered as irresponsible acts the leaders at that time, the country was at full fledge of war and ultimately felt to the hand of murderous Khmer Rouge.
On Sep 15, 11:13 am, In Camdisc <[email protected]> wrote: > Chetrasena, > > Many western scholars or historians do not have a clue what is going on inside > Cambodia. Let me give you two examples, one David Chandler and Naranhkiri > Tith. > > Don’t get me wrong, I do respects of their research, but in some grey area I > don’t agree with them because they didn’t live through and then claims to > know > more than people who are facing with the reality. > > First, let me say about David Chandler, a well-known Khmer Historian. I met > David Chandler…I have to stop her. > > Second, Naranhkiri Tith claims to know Khmer Rouge regime. However, he did not > live under that regime. I have to stop here, too. > > Now for the Sangkum Reast Ang Kuy yum of Norodom Sihanouk. Agree, many Khmers > did like him, I asked many of them, they like Norodom Sihanouk. No one can > give > me an answer. I believed everyone just follow the other tails. > > It is the same thing; I am asking the Democrats friends today. They claims > John > F. Kennedy is a good president. I asked what Kennedy did for United States > of > America to make him a good president? He was president from January 20, > 1961 – November 22, 1963. None the Democrats friends answer me why? > > My question is what good did Norodom Sihanouk done for Khmers and the country? > Norodon Sihanouk were in higher position many times , three times as head of > State include head of state of Khmer Rouge regime. Ten times as Prime > Minister > and three times as the King. If you are comparing Norodom Sihanouk with his > power to other country, then Norodom Sihanouk is a dictator. Then the coupe in > 1970 is the right thing to do. > > > Head of State: > 20 Jun 1960 - 18 Mar 1970 (1st time) The SangKum Reas Niyum > 17 Apr 1975 - 11 Apr 1976 (2nd time) Khmer Rouge Regime > 14 Jun 1993 - 24 Sep 1993 (3rd time) > > Prime ministers > 18 Mar 1945 - 13 Aug 1945 (1st time) > 28 Apr 1950 - 30 May 1950 (2nd time) > 16 Jun 1952 - 24 Jan 1953 (3rd time) > 7 Apr 1954 - 18 Apr 1954 (4th time) > 3 Oct 1955 - 5 Jan 1956 (5th time) > 1 Mar 1956 - 24 Mar 1956 (6th time) > 15 Sep 1956 - 15 Oct 1956 (7th time) > 9 Apr 1957 - 7 Jul 1957 (8th time) > 10 Jul 1958 - 19 Apr 1960 (9th time) > 17 Nov 1961 - 13 Feb 1962 (10th time) > > King: > 24 Apr 1941 - 3 Mar 1955 (1st time) > 24 Sep 1993 - 6 Oct 2004 (2nd time) > > > For sure, I am a Republican, because I do not like majority of Democrats idea. > For Obama idea, I really do not like it. To me I do not like the way they > are > describe freedom and the government too big to take over every individual’s > business. > > I believe in Freedom is the freedom that individual are born with, where the > Democrats, the king, communist and the socialist are claiming , they are the > one > that give or provide their citizen the freedom. > > > Tea Party? I am not interested in it. That’s the Democrats’ propaganda to > label > conservative like me. > > I hope this would help some. > > 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
