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> They did that in the 1970s with Cambodia. You mean the Third Indochina War? It wasn't really about Cambodia being a failed state but a far consequence of a S
by odiroot 2y ago
> They did that in the 1970s with Cambodia.
You mean the Third Indochina War? It wasn't really about Cambodia being a failed state but a far consequence of a Sino-Soviet split.
- alephnerd 2y agoThat overstates the Soviet aspect and severely understates the Vietnamese aspect. For Vietnam, Cambodia is their near abroad. Saigon is barely 20 miles away from Cambodia, and the Mekong is the lifeblood of Southern Vietnam, and Cambodian factions (the same ones the Chinese backed in the 1970s) had supported anti-Vietnamese insurgencies in Gia Lai. Cambodia and Laos became a buffer state for China+Thailand and Vietnam the same way Myanmar has become one for China, Thailand, and India.