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Howard Kveck
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In article <[email protected]>,
"Tom Kunich" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Howard Kveck" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In article <[email protected]>, Tim Lines <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > The secret bonmbing campaign was another factor in that, Tim. It started
> > a huge
> > refugee crisis that Pol Pot was able to exploit.
>
> Perhaps you can explain to us about this "secret bombing"? I mean, the
> secret bombing campaign was in Laos and not Cambodia. Pol Pot actually came
> more or less into power BEFORE the bombing in Laos. Laosians didn't seek
> refuge into Cambodia but away from the Vietnamese border. What's more Pol
> Pot and his men would tie Laosians to metal beds and torture them and then
> finally cut their throats. Pol Pot and his men BRAGGED on national radio
> that of the 8 million people inhabiting Cambodia that they intended only 2
> million to live. As it was he managed to murder fully 25% of his people to
> try and make an agrarian communist heaven.
Well, Mister Know-It-All Tom strikes again. Cambodia, Laos, what's the difference?
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/cambodia/tl02.html
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On March 18, 1969, American B-52s began carpet-bombing eastern Cambodia.
"Operation Breakfast" was the first course in a four-year bombing campaign that drew
Cambodia headlong into the Vietnam War. The Nixon Administration kept the bombings
secret from Congress for several months, insisting they were directed against
legitimate Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge targets. However, the raids exacted an
enormous cost from the Cambodian people: the US dropped 540,000 tons of bombs ,
killing anywhere from 150,000 to 500,000 civilians.
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The bombings were exploited by Pol Pot as he spread rumors that various towns
were to be bombed next, and that the inhabitants should evacuate. He further
exploited the bombing by hyping nationalistic pride to get the men to join *his*
army to "defend the country from US aggression. By the timew the bombing stopped,
Pol Pot had an army of about 700, 000.
--
tanx,
Howard
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remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?
"Tom Kunich" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Howard Kveck" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In article <[email protected]>, Tim Lines <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > The secret bonmbing campaign was another factor in that, Tim. It started
> > a huge
> > refugee crisis that Pol Pot was able to exploit.
>
> Perhaps you can explain to us about this "secret bombing"? I mean, the
> secret bombing campaign was in Laos and not Cambodia. Pol Pot actually came
> more or less into power BEFORE the bombing in Laos. Laosians didn't seek
> refuge into Cambodia but away from the Vietnamese border. What's more Pol
> Pot and his men would tie Laosians to metal beds and torture them and then
> finally cut their throats. Pol Pot and his men BRAGGED on national radio
> that of the 8 million people inhabiting Cambodia that they intended only 2
> million to live. As it was he managed to murder fully 25% of his people to
> try and make an agrarian communist heaven.
Well, Mister Know-It-All Tom strikes again. Cambodia, Laos, what's the difference?
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/cambodia/tl02.html
__________________________________
On March 18, 1969, American B-52s began carpet-bombing eastern Cambodia.
"Operation Breakfast" was the first course in a four-year bombing campaign that drew
Cambodia headlong into the Vietnam War. The Nixon Administration kept the bombings
secret from Congress for several months, insisting they were directed against
legitimate Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge targets. However, the raids exacted an
enormous cost from the Cambodian people: the US dropped 540,000 tons of bombs ,
killing anywhere from 150,000 to 500,000 civilians.
__________________________________
The bombings were exploited by Pol Pot as he spread rumors that various towns
were to be bombed next, and that the inhabitants should evacuate. He further
exploited the bombing by hyping nationalistic pride to get the men to join *his*
army to "defend the country from US aggression. By the timew the bombing stopped,
Pol Pot had an army of about 700, 000.
--
tanx,
Howard
Never take a tenant with a monkey.
remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?