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Wait a minute-- history shows that Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski both said they regarded Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge as murderous thugs, but were pragmatic and prepared to improve relations with them (because they also were fighting the Vietnamese.) In fact, the USA “winked, semi-publicly” at Chinese and Thai aid to the Khmer Rouge. So some say the US was complicit in the killing fields and 3 million deaths. America continually supported UN recognition of the shadow Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK, formed in 1982) as the legitimate Cambodian government, even though it was an alliance including the Khmer Rouge.

Time Mag apparently investigated for weeks, starting in January, and would not go to press until the Marines in Baghdad launched their own investigation and issued a comment on these allegations. The reporters did a thorough check into the backgrounds of these Iraqi families and verified that they lived where they claimed. (That involves more than a google search of press clips, guys.) There are enough discrepancies for a formal probe to be approved. It looks heinous...but if we kick into instant denial mode, we end up looking as dim as Dems.