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[peteyoung]

Today marks 30 years since the fall of the Khmer Rouge, and no one has yet faced justice.

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[surliminal]

Good point.

[peteyoung]

Hopefully Cambodia will see some proceedings soon.

[the_gardener]

no one has yet faced justice

...because for the first half of the period, the US (and its allies) were propping up a Khmer Rouge government in exile in revenge for their defeat by the Vietnamese. What is the betting that the US would be quite happy to see the defendants die of natural causes before they finally stand trial, because of the potential embarrassment of the "extentuating circumstances" which might be introduced into the proceedings?

[stevegreen]

After all, it's not as if Pol Pot attacked New York, is it?

[stevegreen]

And Kissinger, who promoted the invasion which eventually led to the Khmer Rouge seizing power, was awarded the Nobel Beace Prize. Who says satire is dead?