> Really? Is 'it' happening again? When the Cambodian resistance > shot Imperialist collaborators after the liberation of Phnom Penh, was this > a repetition of previous events? > > In light of the hesitancy to form a judgement on whether the > U.S. actions in Cambodia were genocide, half-genocide, normal > counter-insurgency, or extremely brutal counter-insurgency, > fairness would dictate the Khmer Rouge be given a little space. > > China obviously has the Khmer Rouge on a leash which entails limits > to their range of action. This is perfectly consistent with > China's opposition to self-determination for Cambodia. For this > reason as well, one ought to exercise some skepticism about > press reports on the Khmer Rouge from the bourgeois press, much less > from Western intelligence sources. > > I'd also be skeptical of U.S. e-mail testimony channeled > by that well-known defender of organized religion, XX. > > There will undoubtedly be individual cases of injustice > suffered by Imperialist collaboraors at the hands of the Cambodian Comrades. > But it is becoming increasingly obvious, if it wasn't > before, who is mostly right and who mostly wrong. Translation: Killing innocent people is fine, as long as they hold political views I disagree with. Sam Pawlett
