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The US-backed Khmer Rouge was propped up to defeat the communist movement in Cambodia. They certainly weren't communists by any post-1848 definition.
by MsMowz 8y ago
The US-backed Khmer Rouge was propped up to defeat the communist movement in Cambodia. They certainly weren't communists by any post-1848 definition.
- v_lisivka 8y agoWhy they was in war against US forces then?
- MsMowz 8y agoWhich war? The US backed them in the civil war.
- v_lisivka 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge#Foreign_involvement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge#Foreign_involvemen...
- MsMowz 8y agoThat source doesn't say anything that adds credibility to your point. It's just waffling about the US's involvement in the civil war. By contrast, the WikiLeaks dump of the 1973 diplomatic cables undermine what you're saying. It's no longer a question of whether or not the US supported the Khmer Rouge. The question now is how much did the US support them. Some members of the state department at the time suggested that the US orchestrated the whole thing. While that seems unlikely to me, it's worth wondering about.
- v_lisivka 8y agoBut why Khmer Rogue was in war against US forces then?