It's like this: Vietnam equaled maybe a 10 at most on the Liberty Scale.
Cambodia under Pol Pot a 0. I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a more murderous totalitarian regime in the entire history of mankind. So yes, as horrible as Communist Vietman was, they were still leaps and bounds above the Khmer Rouge and it was a good thing they invaded and stopped the genocide. --- In [email protected], "kiddleddee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "steven linnabary" > <linnabary51@> wrote: > > > Perhaps if Nixon hadn't supported (with crushing military aid that > was used > > much like the North Koreans use theirs against their own citizens) > the hated > > Prince Sihanouk (sp), Pol Pot wouldn't have been able to rally the > people to > > his cause. > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Actually Steven, Nixon pulled support of Sihanouk in 1970 and > assisted his overthrow by Lon Nol in March of that year. Until the > invasion of Cambodia by 150,000 US and South Vietnamese troops a > month later, the Khmer Rouge were active only in the eastern > provinces - and even there had little support. The invasion drove > them throughout the country and increased their ranks from a few > thousand to several tens of thousands in just a short time. > > I suppose Eric owes a debt of thanks to the Vietnamese communists for > invading Cambodia and engaging in "regime change" against the Khmer > Rouge in 1979. > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
