Pol Pot survivor prepares to tell horrific tale (1 of 9, out of 16,000, who survived death camp)

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | January 7, 2004 | Mark Baker

[2banana]

And remember, the first thing the Khmer Rouge did when they took power was to ban guns from the people.

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[Moonman62]

But Pol Pot was a Leftist who hated America, which is why we're reading about this in an Australian paper, not an American one.

That's kind of spooky how Chum Mey got to see his wife and child one last time.

[antiRepublicrat]

And remember, the first thing the Khmer Rouge did when they took power was to ban guns from the people.

Thanks, I didn't know that, but then it is the standard first step of any murderous government.

[Prodigal Son]

Paging Noam Chomsky. Mr Chomsky please pick up the phone.

[DCPatriot]

Why in the h*ll are these killers still alive?

Another piece of proof that a World Court would be a sham. Milosovic won an election while on trial for his life after two years?

Maybe genocide *is* a natural human condition in order to keep the long term peace. The evidence today surely suggests it.

Very sad. Malvo and Mohammed, the snipers should already be put to death. Keeping these types alive while appeal after appeal....I'm sick of it.

[Gunner9mm]

Wait a minute -- this can't be true! I always heard that Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge were harmless agrarian reformers! Just like Mao and Che! Gosh, now you have gone and burst my bubble!! Next you all will be trying to tell me that "Uncle Joe" Stalin was a murderous dictator who killed millions of his own people!

[geedee]

Those who haven't seen The Killing Fields should rent it from their video store. I knew squat about Cambodia in the 80's, and to be quite honest I don't profess to be an expert now, but this movie is a must for all those who think EVIL can be negotiated away.

Guess who finally ridded Cambodia of Pol Pot? I think you'll be surprised.

Drumroll please . . . Vietnam. After we left.

The rest of the world stood idly by while the Cambodian people were massacred and "de-modernized" back to caveman days.

Watch the movie. I think it came out in 1984 but it's still the most realistic and raw portrayal of how real-life evil is always, always worse than anything a Hollyweird writer could come up with.

[Moose4]

Amazing irony: The saviors of the Cambodians were the Communist North Vietnamese. Lesser of two evils, I guess.

Oh, but the Khmer Rouge were Communists too, so they weren't nearly as evil as, say, conservative Republicans.

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[Aquinasfan]

Remember how the "Domino Theory" was mocked, and is still mocked by moronic liberals? Words fail.

[sergeantdave]

Remember, not one protest from the anti-war hippies against Pol Pot's terror. Not one.

The leaders of the anti-war movement are not liberals. They are communists and fascists who condon mass murder and torture to further their Marxist agenda. They would not hesitate to kill you and your family if they had the power.

[tbpiper]

Paging Noam Chomsky.

Ummm....Mr Chomsky is out to lunch....permanently.

[Prodigal Son]

I wonder how he can look himself in the mirror knowing he supported Pol Pot?

[DoctorMichael]

"....Another piece of proof that a World Court would be a sham..."

Indeed!

Where is 'The Hague'? Where are all those 'International Tribunals'? Where is the UN.......the grand protector of the 'Rights of Humanity'?

The remnants of the Khmer Rouge leadership are STILL alive and living in PROTECTED RETIREMENT as we speak.

Bump........For Great Justice.

[Monterrosa-24]

But remember, the Vietnamese motive came from the border war and not to liberate anybody. The Vietnamese killed enough of their own but could not compare to Pol Pot in numbers of those murdered. Who remembers the Hue masacre? The bad thing about THE KILLING FIELDS as a movie is that it left Sidney S. and the NY Times off the hook for predicting a better life for most Cambodians under the Khmer Rouge. It even alowed voice to the idiotic belief that American bombings and warmaking was responsible for the KR insanity. The movie ended with John Lennon's most regrettable song, IMAGINE. His lyrics went a long way in describing the Khmer Rouge but they still found plenty to kill for. But with all these negatives, the movie is still a great depiction of the fall of Cambodia.

[KantianBurke]

Two things to keep in mind. Haing Nor who played the lead Cambodian character was murdered in LA a few yrs back in mysterious circumstances. Another is that Sydney Schanberg, the American journalist who looks for Nor, is an idiot leftist who initially cheered on the Khmer Rouge.

[dfwgator]

The blood of 2 million Cambodians is on the hands of the anti-war protestors who wanted us out of IndoChina. Way to go guys.

[bray]

Our Vietnam Vets kept these people alive for an extra 10 years. The Khamer Rouge (Red Army) was a good friend of the Democrat Party up until the killing fields were exposed. The Rats are always with oppressors like Pol Pot, Mao, Lenin and Saddamn!

Pray for W and The Truth

[Ditto]

Jane says Pol Pot is her hero.