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I remember walking in the middle of the night w/ my family as bullets tear thru the dark & murky sky.

No place was safe. Everyone had to keep a low profile. Executions were on the rise. If you were a nurse, doctor, teacher, business owner, engineers-you are pretty much dead. It wasn't just the educated - practically everyone/anyone

Always be on the move (usually in the middle of the night) w/ no flashlight. With little to eat everyone thirst for survival as families head over to safe haven-Thai border where concentration camps were setup. There behind fences awaiting relocation...hopes/dreams/life on the minds of everyone - Free at last!

Waiting to get a refugee status was the best thing for any family going thru the ordeal.

In my humble opinion - The killing of millions of Khmer by the Khmer Rouge stem from (in part) the Vietnam War. Let's go back further - It is the cause of Prince Sihanok's action. Triggering the conflicts between the high ranking officers at the time instead of securing the borders as the Vietnamese kept on crossing over. Now thanks to the Vietnamese - they helped in getting rid the Khmer Rouge. This is a result of Hunsen making some sort of a deal w/ the Vietnamese. What ever the deal was - Cambodia is no longer Khmer (slowly). Cambodia is in debt w/ the Vietnamese

Sure the war plagued Cambodia but on top of that the governments are all corrupted.

Just look at the present leader(Hunsen) and his high ranking officers...all spoiled. Rich get richer...exploiting the poor

Every election - Hunsen wins. Sure the EU is monitoring it but useless. This would make another great story. Shrinking Borders "The wealthy exploiting the poor"

Borders are being shrinked by the wicked Vietnamese/Thai as they edge over to Cambodia. And to Top it all - the current situation w/ the Thai wanting to claim a sacred temple? which is (going back to its origin) Cambodia's.

posted 2 years, 6 months ago
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