[Lancey Howard]

President Ford warned of ``horror and tragedy'' if Cambodia was abandoned to the Khmer Rouge and pleaded with Congress to supply Lon Nol's army with the tools it needed to defend itself.

To no avail. US troops had come home two years earlier, but American antiwar activists were still intent on effecting the ``liberation'' of Southeast Asia. Radicals like Jane Fonda, David Dellinger, and Tom Hayden stormed the country, denouncing anyone who opposed communist victory in Cambodia and Vietnam. On the campuses, in the media, and in Congress, it was taken on faith that a Khmer Rouge victory would bring peace and enlightened leadership to Cambodia.

....and newspapers like the Boston Globe.

[thulldud]

On the campuses, in the media, and in Congress, it was taken on faith that a Khmer Rouge victory would bring peace and enlightened leadership to Cambodia.

Take careful note of what these people consider "enlightened leadership". They would do it here if they could.

Two million dead out of a seven million population is no problem to them, whether they consider it acceptable collateral damage or, more likely, a necessary sacrifice to build their "enlightened" order.

[Interesting Times]

....and newspapers like the Boston Globe.

Yes. I was amazed that they printed Jacoby's article.