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Re:Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Crippled U.S. Spying Ope... by mafribe on Sunday May 21, 2017 @07:38AM (#14386813) 

   Pol Pot's regime flattened Cambodia
Pol Pot's weapons came from China and North Vietnam. Pol Pot sent Cambodian rice to China in exchange for weapons, knowing full well that not enough food would be left for the cambodian population.

Coincidentally, Pol Pot was politicised/radicalised in France by the French communist party, received ideological training in Moscow, Beijing and former Yugoslavia. I imagine that at least some of those who organised Pol Pot's take-over are still alive in in France, the former Soviet Union, China and former Yugoslavia, and could be brought to justice.

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Re:Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Crippled U.S. Spying Ope... by Chathamization on Sunday May 21, 2017 @08:56AM (#14387072)
Eh, it's a bit more complicated than that (like most things). When the Vietnamese removed the genocidal Khmer Rouge, the United States opposed the action (viewing it as Vietnamese expansionism). The Khmer Rouge joined with other factions to form a coalition that fought the Vietnamese and the new government, and the U.S. supported this coalition.[1][2]

[1] http://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/09/22/Reagan-to-meet-Cambod... [2] http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-07-18/news/900228054...

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Re:Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Crippled U.S. Spying Ope... by Paradigma11 on Sunday May 21, 2017 @01:39PM (#14388226)
That was an absolutely stunning display of hypocrisy.

But that is all that it was.

The Khmer Rouge were already ousted and powerless.

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Re:Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Crippled U.S. Spying Ope... by Chathamization on Sunday May 21, 2017 @03:05PM (#14388652)
I wouldn't call them powerless; they were waging a guerilla war in the countryside into the 1990's, and were able to retain their seat in the United Nations for some time (with the help of Western governments).
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Re:Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Crippled U.S. Spying Ope... by mafribe on Sunday May 21, 2017 @05:08PM (#14389263)
The current cambodian prime minister Hun Sen, in power since 1985, is a former Khmer Rouge.
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Re:Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Crippled U.S. Spying Ope... by Paradigma11 on Monday May 22, 2017 @05:15AM (#14392091)
Who defected to Vietnam in 1977 even before the vietnamese invasion.
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