Actually Kerry Blames the US for the Killing Fields of Cambodia
Thomas -- THE UNITED STATES SHOULD SUPPORT THE TOKYO AGREEMENT ON CAMBODIA (Senate - June 11, 1990)
Kerry: The invasion of Cambodia by the United States, 20 years ago, helped bring the Khmer Rouge to power and turn Cambodia into the killing fields.
The Vietnamese responded to this horror by doing what many in the international community believed was necessary, but were simply unwilling to do. Responding to direct provocation on the part of the Khmer Rouge, they ended the genocide by invading Cambodia. What was our response? Not only did we refuse to deal with the new regime which Hanoi installed, but in a fit of personal pique we organized an international economic boycott of Vietnam and Cambodia and campaigned to have the Khmer Rouge, of all people, retain Cambodia's seat at the United Nations.
There is an extraordinarily sad aspect to this conspiracy between the United States and China to ensure the survival of the Khmer Rouge. It was in reality--when one stripped away the diplomatic camouflage--the weapon by which we continued to fight the Vietnam War long after United States troops had been withdrawn, and the Government of South Vietnam had collapsed.
But our policy in the region has not been just anti-Vietnamese in motivation. It has also been anti-Soviet. Unfortunately, it is predicated today on the same set of assumptions which led us into this unholy alliance with China and the Khmer Rouge more than 10 years ago. The fact is, that even before we departed Vietnam , we struck a deal with the Chinese to contain the Soviet Union in Southeast Asia. And to contain the Soviet Union, Vietnam had to be contained. Tragically, for the people of Cambodia, their country became the battleground for this containment policy--a battleground which became the killing fields.
Asshole kerry doesnt even know what he's talking about on Cambodia. A bunch of the Khmer Rouge THEMSELVES broke off from Pol Pot in 1978-79 (Heng Samrin, Pen Sovann, Hun Sen), to align with the Vietnamese commies and drive the KR out of Phnom Penh. It was simply the Soviet backed criminals and murderers (Kerry's allies) taking over from the Chinese backed criminals and murderers (Khmer Rouge).