"But the nation of Cambodia as a whole was not subjected to large-scale bombing. The bombing was along the border with South Vietnam, a region that was controlled by North Vietnam and not the Cambodian government."
This is why we as a nation are having such foreign policy problems!!
Listen to yourself!
We only 'bombed the border of another country' ?? What the hell!
How many other nations have to deal with this type of indicretion? If you bomb a country, you are typically at war with them (!)
In our lesson, child-- we were not at war with Cambodia. They did not have their forces at war with us, and we were not at war with Cambodian Army forces.
Yet, the U.S. Army and SVN invaded Cambodia in 1970-1.
Think again. We bombed Japanese forces in the Philippines during World War II, but we were never at war with the Philippines. I am sure you can think of numerous other examples.
In our lesson, child-- we were not at war with Cambodia. They did not have their forces at war with us, and we were not at war with Cambodian Army forces.
Of course we were not at war with Cambodia or its armed forces—who has said otherwise? We were at war with the North Vietnamese communists, and they were the ones our forces attacked.
The NVA had seized control of part of Cambodia for use as a staging area for attacks in South Vietnam. It was North Vietnam that first violated the territory of Cambodia, and continued to do so long after the U.S. had withdrawn from the area.
Yet, the U.S. Army and SVN invaded Cambodia in 1970-1.
I believe that the United States and South Vietnam were perfectly justified in attacking the NVA in Cambodia. Do you believe that NVA was justified in invading Cambodia in the first place?