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Ugh it looked like an interesting article but the jingoism was dialled up to eleven. > To hear Carstens tell it, his career first took shape when, as an 11-yea
by doctor_eval 2y ago
Ugh it looked like an interesting article but the jingoism was dialled up to eleven.
> To hear Carstens tell it, his career first took shape when, as an 11-year-old in Spokane, he read about the Cambodian genocide, learning how the world stood by as some 2 million perished in the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields. Raised in a Christian home where the Bible was a staple, he was determined to make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate. In time, he came to regard the US Army as “the most successful human rights organization in history when it comes to liberating vulnerable people.”
- immibis 2y agoIndeed. The US army is currently trying to kill 2 million people, but that's different because they're all "terrorists".
- feedforward 2y agoEspecially considering that the US began arming the "Khmer Rouge" in 1979, and then began heavily arming them a few years later.
- sofixa 2y agoAnd supported them until long after the Vietnamese put an end to their genocidal regime. The US, alongside China, voted for the Khmer Rouge to keep the UN seet until 1993, 14 years after they were removed. Hilariously the Wikipedia article is titled "Allegations of US support for the Khmer Rouge" even if it describes factual US support (in the UN), and a bunch of "allegations" based on internal reports confirming them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_United_States_support_for_the_Khmer_Rouge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_United_States_s...