Saturday, October 04, 2008

Cold border standoff turns hot

Saturday, 04 October 2008
Written by Thet Sambath and Brendan Brady
The Phnom Penh Post


Cambodian and Thai troops suffered injuries during an exchange of gunfire Friday afternoon near Preah Vihear temple, in the first real military fighting of the prolonged border standoff, say Cambodian officials.

"One Cambodian was shot in the arm, and we believe one or two Thai soldiers were injured," according to Yim Phim, the commander of brigade 43, which is stationed in the area.

He said the incident started at around 3:00pm when about a dozen Thai soldiers approached a Cambodian army encampment at Phnom Troap, just a couple kilometres from the World-Heritage listed temple, and demanded troops there leave.

"They showed them a Thai-made map and told the Cambodians to get off the land. An argument went on for a while," said Yim Phim. "The Thais then withdrew about ten meters and started firing."

"Thai soldiers first fired an M-79 (grenade launcher), and Cambodians shot back with a B-40 (grenade launcher). Then both sides fired with machine guns," he said.

He said the Thai soldiers withdrew across the border after dark, around 5:30, while the Cambodian soldiers remained in their original position.

"In that area, soldiers from both countries used to stay close to each other, but the situation has changed and now everyone is on high alert."

Srey Doek, the highest-ranking military official stationed inside the Preah Vihear temple complex, told the Post Saturday morning that his Thai counterpart had requested to meet him Saturday afternoon in the local pagoda, but he still did not have authority from his superiors to attend.

Cambodian government and army leaders have thrown a wet blanket on the first reported violent military clash since the standoff began more than 11 weeks ago, characterizing it as a localized incident that would not threaten to spread to other points along the border.

Chea Morn, head commander of Military Region 4, which includes Preah Vihear province, corroborated that "a clash", as described by the brigade commander, had taken place, but said it was "just a small problem... and would be resolved."

Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan said the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs would contact its Thai counterpart to discuss to incident, but called it "a problem between the soldiers stationed in that area... and not a problem between the governments."

"The government's position is still that diplomatic negotiations must be used to solve this dispute."

Just earlier this week, in the sidelines of the UN General Assembly summit in New York, top foreign affairs officials from both sides reiterated the commitment of their governments to resolving the dispute peacefully.

Phay Siphan said talks between the Cambodian and Thai prime ministers on October 13 in Phnom Penh would proceed as planned.

77 comments:

Anonymous said...

What happen to all those five stars Cambodian generals who suppose to run the Cambodian military to protect Cambodian sovereignty?

Give it up all you fucken stupid Cambodian politician piece of shit! Let the five stars Cambodian general run the military so the Cambodian army is free to wage the fucken war on the Thai to protect Cambodian people and Cambodian sovereignty!

All of you stupid Cambodian politician always say Cambodia can't afford to go to war even if Thai army invade the whole Cambodia because the fucken war will bring hardship for Cambodian people and will destroy Cambodia economically! And for those Cambodian people who are arguing vehemently in favor of the fucken war will flee Cambodia to safety in the third world country! Now let assume this is a valid argument then the Thai will gain all the Cambodian territories with their occupation of the three ancient Cambodian temples! NO matter how much the stupid Cambodian politician claimed that they get back those ancient Khmer temple through bilateral talk but didn't Cambodia has three bilateral talks already which yield nothing!

Go talk some more you stupid Cambodian politicians while Cambodian soldiers are a sitting duck for the Thai M-79 and their machine guns! How can Cambodian military wage the fucken war when their hands and legs are tied? Do the stupid Cambodian politicians want to see more casualties or the killing of Cambodian soldiers and Cambodian civilian before something can be done?


The time to act is now!

Anonymous said...

To 3:45pm,

It is much so appreciated for what you sounded is so caring about Cambodia, fearing of Thai taking away our land. However, your accusation to Cambo politicians is so generalised. In this case, you sound like an idiot.

My question is why you are keen to wage the war. Do you have another alternative, except waging war? Have you ever thought that how many Cambodian are going to suffer when the war is happened?

Make up your mind yanko-cambo.

Anonymous said...

hun sen is Youn's dog ,he is good in killing khmers ppls.

Anonymous said...

5.11 pm,

so you mean to negotiate on and on and at the same time let teh siam walk in and stay put, and thekhmer leaders remain mute as has happened so far ? what would you do ?

They walked into PVH, Hun Sen allowed it, they walked into ta Moan, hun Sen shut up, they walked into ta Kabey, Hun sen shut up. yes, patient, patient, patient, until what ?

I bet he is too sacred to even to tlak when it comes to dealing with the yuon and siam. It is a taboo topic.

oh ask a few khmer soldier to walk into siam territories a few meters and see if they'd still have their heads on top !

Anonymous said...

Time for khmer unity. All political parties should work together to solve this border problem. All should respect our soul, the soul our ancestors - the Preah Vihear. Get our borderland back, keep whatever we have left as all know it was legalised in the Map produced the ICJ the Hague. Fight diplomatically. Why worry, why afraid of the Thai. All parties have many resources people to do this. Time to act my khmer fellow men and women! Stop barking to each others, time has ran out for fighting each others. Do something good for the country for our children and the next generation. Defend what we have, don't let it be taken away again, please.

Anonymous said...

I saw this on the Bangcock Post site.

The foreign ministry on Saturday issued an official protest to the Cambodian government over an alleged border incursion and subsequent clash that left three soldiers injured, Thai officials said Saturday.

On Friday a Thai military patrol encountered Cambodian troops allegedly situated about one kilometre inside Thai territory near the Phreah Vihear temple.

"According to the Thai military the Cambodians were definitely inside Thai territory, and the Cambodian side opened fire first," said foreign ministry spokesman Tharit Charungvat.

Two Thai soldiers and one Cambodian were wounded in the brief firefight on the border.

The foreign ministry's permanent secretary Virsakdi Footrakul plans to submit a formal letter of protest to the Cambodian charge d'affaires in Bangkok over the incident at 5 p.m. Saturday, said Tharit.

Both countries claim a 4.6-square-kilometre plot of land adjoining the temple.

The spat escalated from a diplomatic row to a potential military conflict in mid-July when three Thais were detained for entering the disputed temple territory, and both sides dispatched military troops to the area.

Anonymous said...

Time for khmer unity.
Yeh!
United we stand Devided we fall....

Anonymous said...

Going war is not a choice! Look further, think critically...! War will end up with what? Be mature! You guys who wish to see war happen are ready to go battle field or you just to want to sit and see such war? Go and fight if you really like, I, personally, support you! There are guns which you can take and go fighting... Go backward to more than 400 years of Cambodian history, and reflect what cambodia's position is? Do you think this is a result? Please do not pure the gas onto the flame....

Anonymous said...

6.38 PM, so you suggest Khmer should sit on their asses forever while you let the siam keep waliking in and occupy more lands ?

Can you please try to walk into the siam territory and see if you would come back ne piece ? GOO..GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....

Anonymous said...

5:49pm,

You still don't get it! The military stand off between two nations cannot be solved overnight, realistically. It is not that easy as much as the gangwar occurred in town. Fundamentally, it is not against the idea of waging war against Thailand, but not at the moment. The war is the last resort after the exhaustion of diplimatic remedy. In this circumstance, you cannot just generalise the issue and accuse in general those who are involved in that negotiation. You gotta be more specific.

Anonymous said...

Cambodian government can chose to be peaceful, to be mute, and to be sympathetic for the Thai politic and their leaders and it will not change a thing on the issue of Thai army occupation of Cambodia because the Thai politic dictate that their military must occupy Cambodian territories base on the Thai map that was drawn up with “American technical assistance.” By mentioning the word American, the Thai politicians are trying to pull the American into the Thai-Cambodian border conflict and to bolster their claim to all the Cambodian territories currently occupy by the Thai army! Believe it or not! The American is already force to take side in the Thai-Cambodian border conflict already that why American have more concern about the Muslim influence in Cambodia then Thai-Cambodian border conflict!

Cambodian government may chose not to go to war which they always insist on peaceful bilateral talk and all those Cambodian territories currently occupy by the Thai army will belong to Thailand and Cambodian government must accept this sad reality.

The only way out is war! Only war will force the Thai army to get the fuck out Cambodian territories! And only war will force the Thai leaders to realize of the important of peaceful bilateral talk!

The reason people chose to go war because they want to have peace!

Anonymous said...

7:04pm,

What do you have in your hand? That is reality. NOW, do you have enough cash, gun, amo, resource...? If you got all that just give me a yell, I will be with you my comrade.

Anonymous said...

Not worth the live of people. Just settle 50/50 and back to business as usual.

Anonymous said...

Hun Manat will become the Sec. of defence, and he can utilize and apply his West Point learned skilled in the coming battle with Thailand.

Anonymous said...

Pra Viharn belongs to Thailand. It was built by the Thai Empire (no Khmern.

Anonymous said...

7:17pm,

No way Jose! 50/50 is too much. It can be solved that way. It is clear and crystal these lands are belong to Khmer, who lost to neighbours for so long. Now it is time to return. Of course, not including Bangkok, just what has been recongnised by the international. That's it! You are not just to invade your neighbour land, asking for solution of 50/50 settlement. F...k off!

Anonymous said...

Fuck ur shit All A Siam! Pouk Haaeng wil die all. Get out the fuck of my country, victory Kampuchea army Will send u all to the hell. Fuck ur mum siam wil die alllll.

Anonymous said...

Hey 7:34pm! who the fucking idiot are you? Just getting the fuck out of that forum. Where the hell you learned that Preah Vihear belong to Thailand and built by Thai Empire? Just go to ask your historian at Rammakamheng University in Bangkok, idiot. You are Thai were fucking nobody before the Great Era of Angkor. You have been called Siamese, just for your information. You steal and copy everything from Khmer culture.

Anonymous said...

do not dream u can get Cambodian territory anymore. We'll get back all our land and kill u all A Siam. It'll no more Siam or Thai in de World anymore.U'll no how strong Kampuchea is. Fuck All Pouk A Siam, what de hell a u doing! Plz go All Bravo Kampuchea fight all a dog thai Like Angkor period. Failure Dog Siam Bravo Kampuchea!CheyyooooooooKampucheaaaaaaa!

Anonymous said...

just draw our own map claiming bankcok as our and try to settle 50/50, that will be done deal.

Anonymous said...

Why the question of going to war always direct at Cambodia but not Thailand?

Please remember that Cambodia never want to go to war in the first if it weren't for the Thai ultra-nationalists who violated Cambodian sovereignty and there wouldn't be any Cambodian military stationing at Thai-Cambodian border. The fact is the Thai leaders desperately want to chose war over peaceful bilateral talk because after every bilateral talk with Cambodian leaders and they get to occupy more of Cambodian territories! How can this happen when the Thai leaders themselves insisted on peaceful bilateral talk to end the Thai-Cambodian border conflict? The so called peaceful bilateral talk is just a cover up for the Thai leaders to conduct their naked aggression on Cambodia!

The Thai leaders can always count on American to support them in time of war whether it is economic, politic, or military or even at the UN! At this point in time, Cambodia is a loner in the world!

When you are a loner in the world and no body hear your cry! So if a wolf comes to eat you and would you still be crying or fight for your survival? I say fuck climbing up the tree and just kill the big bad wolf with the silver bullet!

Anonymous said...

Please not to generalize the problem. Don't try to win the debates for debates. Try to win debates for solutions, please. Keep Khmer dignity in mind.

There are more Hun Manet-like in Thailand. So, he alone can't prove to win the battle. Khmers are on the winning card without bloodshed if we play the card right i.e. through international mechanisms. As long as this card is in our hands, military confrontation is not necessary. This is the reason why Thai wants to provoke the m. confrontation.

Anonymous said...

We say 50/50 is the best solution; it more plausible (without spilling blood on both sides). We do not need war. We welcome joint develpment.

Anonymous said...

Count me in, mate! 50 is a billion times more than nothing.

Anonymous said...

7:32, West Point learned skills had got its arse kicked all over the region, remember?

Anonymous said...

50/50 = win/win

Anonymous said...

50/50 of what? What kind of joint development is that? The short answer is that there is no settlement. The invader needs to back off, that is the solution. How can you call for 50/50 settlement or joint development with the invader? That is no way Jose!

Anonymous said...

Phay Siphan has saided: "It's a problem between the soldiers stationed in that area... and not a problem between the governments."

So at the world War II, when germans troup fight against england, usa, canadian, and a lots of others countries.
It's just mean that it's a problem
between the soldiers.
The countries are not fighting.
So when Thai and khmer will have war,
we will see Phay Sophan, Hun Sen,
Sok Anh, Chea Sim, Heng Samrin, etc
going in the front line of the Enemy.

Not sure to understand what Phay Sophan saided.
These Thais soldiers are in the land
of Khmer. And he has saided that it's
not a government business!

Khmer Canadian

Anonymous said...

Khmer territory is Khmer territory.

There is no sharing.

Anonymous said...

AS long as Ah SIAMES keep bullying us , please shot to kill all those fucking dogs .
DEAD TO ALL AH FUCKING SIAMES FUCKING SHIT...
Canada...

Anonymous said...

Insurgents kill two soldiers in South

(BangkokPost.com) - Insurgents opened fire at an army patrol in the southern province of Pattani on Saturday morning, killing two soldiers.

Six troops were patrolling on a local road when an unknown number of insurgents started firing at them at around 6am.

The two groups then exchanged fire before insurgents broke off the engagement and retreated.

Anonymous said...

9:15 PM

The Islamic insurgent just kill two more dogs

Anonymous said...

Don't listen to Ah Fagot-Oversea. They are chicken.

Go 50/50 and back to business as usual.

Anonymous said...

Why bother going to the table when the territory is Khmerland? Don't fall into the Thais treacherous deviated behaviors. A race that sprouted from other cultures.

SIAM = Stole, Insult, Aggravate, & Manipulate -- are the traits of Thais.

Khom

SAP

Anonymous said...

9:53PM, a person in his/her right mind--DO NOT curse at his/herself.

If U R not O'vr C, you're think you have the privilege to access to www?

Anonymous said...

We Khmer OVER sea will do everything to help our khmer brother in Cambodia to kill the Fucking Siames dog ... and Please stop calling the peoples that fight Asiames dogs as Islamic Insurgent , They just want their freedome from AH SAIMES ,That why they have to fight , they not afraid like our goverment they dare to drop their blood for their freedom ... let try them support them to detroy AH SIAMES dogs together... DEAD to ASIAMES..
One of Khmer blood from Canada..

Anonymous said...

I can't see how Ah Oversea-Chicken can do anything for Khmer. All they can do is Puk Puk Puk Poook, Puk Puk Puk Poook... . If you think that's gonna scare the Thai, you got to be nuts.

Anonymous said...

9:53 is a dumb ass Khmer-Oversea! Every time he barks, he forgot to look himself in the mirror. He has done nothing to resolved the issues. His problematic issues is against ANY Khmer-Grao. I am begining to suspect that he's just a Thai/Youn specimen's who tried to divide us Khmer.
So, I'm going to say what I've been longing for "Shut the fuck up and get lost!"

Anonymous said...

the idea of 50/50 was what the Thai has dreamt of. That's why they sent the troops in first before negotiations. It's the same, but ashamed tactics used many hudred years ago by Thais. No, I don't think present Khmers will allow this to happen.

Surya

Anonymous said...

To 11:37PM

Hey mother fucker! You are outnumbered in KI-media and you need to shut the fuck up! The deeper the Siam dogs enter Cambodian territories and they will be outnumbered and outgunned!

The hunters become the hunted in the land of the killing field!

Anonymous said...

11:37 PM,

It is assumed that you have just looked at yourself in the mirror and came ou confidently that you are the hero. can people count on you to resolve this problem? You always pick and insult person rather than talk about the subject at hand. asshole...

Anonymous said...

SIAM = Steal, Insult, Aggravate, & Manipulate are the Siamese's trait watch out.

Can't be trusted at all.

Anonymous said...

50/50 is a win-win situation. We should welcome joint development between the two nations. War is not the solution to the problem; war will be the last resort, because both countries have yet exhausted dimplomatic options, although both countries have made unintentional gaffes in past.

Anonymous said...

This is to all the readers and posters. If you have Khmer blood inside you, you should be ashamed of yourself for keep f fighting your own Khmer brothers at this time. Doesn't matter you're Khmer-American, Khmer-Canadian, Khmer-French, Khmer-Australian, or Khmer-Kambodian. You are Khmer. Aren't you?

Khmer-overseas, you need to stop blaming the Khmer government. They are doing their best to keep the country away from war and destruction. All your tough talk rhetoric is just that. We don't have the military might or capacity to go to war if we want to develop our country and economy forward. We've come too far to go back to the old days of 1979.

You oversea Khmer won't feel the consequence if the war begins, economically and socially because you are residing in your lovely homes in US, Canada, Australia, France etc... Khmer government have been patient because no wrong move would put Cambodia back in the puddle, economically and socially.

We all know Ah Thai is bad but going to war with them won't do any good for Khmer people, if you think rationally. For the time being, we Khmer need to stay united. Put away your political affiliation. This isn't the time for that.

Thai people are getting divided more and more everyday. We cannot do afford that at this point of history. We need to stick together even more now than ever before if you are really Khmer. If you still insist on fighting another Khmer at this period of time, consider yourself Khmer no more because you're not Khmer essentially when you are so blinded by your own personal politics to PUT our country first.


PUT YOUR COUNTRY FIRST!

Anonymous said...

SIAM, SOUTH VIETNAM, AND LAOS DOES NOT EXIST IN THE 12TH & 13TH CENTURY. KHMER EMPIRE WAS AT THE GREATEST RULE BY JV VII.


If you'd like to see more, Google Khmer Empire. The truth shall be revealed. Will Khmers able to protect the little land mass left from the neighbor encroaching? And would Khmer culture face an extinction from these struggling from the East & West?

Anonymous said...

Where is our beloved ah Kwak Hun Sen when the issues came up 12 weeks ago? He's like a shadow now. Is it possible that Hun Sen put Preah Vihear & Siem Reab under ah Siam government control, so called 99 year lease?

1:03AM; I'm not finger pointing at the current Khmer gov't IF CPP is working for the Khmer people. Of course, I put my native country FIRST. But, I'm furious when my country is being PHAGOCYTIZED by the neighbors. And what does the Khmer gov't do. THEY WENT TO SIGN MORE DEAL!

I'm a small potato; i can't do no shit, except voice my concern!

Anonymous said...

1:03 AM

If war broke out, be it!

I'm sure Hun Sen's military handle it. Or perhaps now is the time for the Thai to teach the Cambodian government a lesson.

We welcome war, so let the war break out.

Anonymous said...

1:22 AM

I have to agree with your (above) statement.

The CPP never put the interest of people first, but theirs.

I don't think we can tolerate our neighbor pushing us around anymore.

Anonymous said...

Ah Jkout Sen, it's enough for the phot ops, it's time for the real business.

Mobilize your troops, borrow troops from Vietnam if you have to.

Now,it's time to defend your country, again, use your Yuon friends, but if you think the Chinese can do a cleaner job, ask the Chinese for their assistance.

Anonymous said...

What the ideologies of patient with The Thai encroachment? Is it the Hun Sen tact to stall or buy the times and let Siam legally control three temples are belong to khmer? Buy time be cause the Hun Sen ministries and Hun Him self has investment with Thai? I already inform Cambodian people if it smell like shit ,look like shit ah Sen is piece of shit.
Ah Sen will bring Cambodian people to go no where,because ah Sen uneducated and blind also selfish.
Good luck Cambodia

Anonymous said...

We should teach A Siams a lesson if our patience will be bursted. It has a limit. If this time - a war, I blame Americans again, as they were the one who drew the wrong map and for pushing / created the atmosphere of genocide in Cambodia. White house, United States, you should do something to rectify your wrong action toward this non-legalised map. The solution is: if white house confirmed that the map was drawn upon destroying Cambodia involving with Viet Cong during that cold war, and not a real map, that should be enough to prove that thai is greedy. Just do it to rectify you wrong action toward Cambodian people and the thail should back off from our border. The map in 1962 and 1902 should be use for solving this dispute. It is just make me sick to see how they cannot solve this problem. We have legalised paper/map to prove, they have the map drawn for cold war, why are we so stupidly afraid of A facking greedy thais.

Anonymous said...

It's a long fall over the cliff.

Anonymous said...

Cambodian people learn how to fly like bat man,as long as they can cut Thai throats take it blood put in white wine for energy medicine the best!

Anonymous said...

Who care ? It time to shed the Thai blood ,if Thai not respect us ,why not us?

Anonymous said...

We learn how to live in miserable live since 1975 till now ,why not Thai if Thai start we Cambodian has to help them to finish.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, yeah, they are the one who starts, we cannot just sit and orb dei to see they take our land like this, enough is enough! It is time to defend our soil. We lost too much already, save and defend what we have got, wake up all khmers. Jeyoo, khmers united, long life Cambodia!

Anonymous said...

11:26 PM , AH YOUN KARN TORP .. What wrong with you are you scare ?you been living in my country and suck my people blood to get rich , steal my country land and now you afraid that SIAMES will KICK HUN SEN GOVERMENT ASS and all you fucking youn will have to deport back to youn hanio ... AH CHOR LOUCH TERK , LOUCH DEY , LOUCH JKEA , LOUCH TREI , LOUCH TA KOUN Khmer ... Don't you worry AH FUCKING YOUN 11:26 PM , Ah SIAMES can't do nothing to AH HUN SEN , AH HUN SEN is a strong man , REmember what HUN sen said ( NO BODY CAN DROP HUN SEN ONLY HUN SEN CAN DROP ITSELF ...) WHY you still fucking scare ? you YOUN dogs will stay in Khmer country as long as you want .. HUN SEN WILL PROTECT all you FUCKING YOUNS ...

Anonymous said...

the thai are using their own map, meaning they violated the 1907 treaty which officially defined the international border line between siem and khmer. talk about siem unilaterally make up their own map and come to tell khmer to vacate our own land! how dare!!!!

Anonymous said...

I found this on chemical weapons on the thailand.

-Thailand Special Weapons-

According to the Congressional Research Service report, “Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons and Missiles: The Current Situation and Trends,” Aug. 10, 2001. Thailand is suspected of having a chemical weapons program. This cannot be verified by other sources, though three Thailand companies were sanctioned by the U.S. in 1994 for chemical weapons proliferation.

But we have an effective weapon which everybody can use now and which is going to hurt thais; it is the economic boycott of all the thailand’s products.

Anonymous said...

HUN SEN , RUN NA RITH RUN , you guy should create a new map .. and give it to AH SIAMES too , and make sure the map are benefit KHer..

Anonymous said...

Don't listen to Ah Jkout-Oversea who bought their degree online and can't even fill out their own job application.

Anonymous said...

To 4:31AM
Dear ah smart 4:311 Am really sorry to you man ,that your mother got rape by over sea ppl. but the real fact is the overseaPPL try to get on your sisters but your mom pretending to be one of your sisters ,why you so piss with oversea ppl. I'm not blame on you ,that common human reaction but on that day when the News get in your mother has said that adult consensus no one rape the others she pleased to do that .
Cool down man if you mad with oversea ppl .you should talk with ya mama first ,don't play the blame game ?

Anonymous said...

To 1:55AM

It is true that the current Thai map was drawn up with American technical assistance during the cold war when Cambodia as a neutral country refused to join the American in fighting the communist during the Vietnam War! The Thai-Cambodian border conflict is the remnant of the Thai cold war mentality!

Cambodian leaders are so wrong to think that the cold war is over!

Anonymous said...

Thanks to 4:52 AM. The Thai should not use this unilateral map as an excuse to invade Cambodia this way. This act is clearly called invasion. When KR was there, they never dared to encroach a cm of khmer land, but just KR dissolved they used all forms of stealing and finally this last option grabbing our land. It is not acceptable as this is in the 21st century. Cambodia just wants to protect what we have got left, we don't want to loose any more pieces of land. I am proud that my khmer compatriots at the front line acted to self-defend. Khmer patience has its own limit, I can tell you. I am sure Cambodians now are in the feeling of Unity. We are a very calm nation, but patience has its own limit, I repeat again and again. I don't want the cold war to affect our country anymore, though you said it is not over. It is not over in other parts of the globe but not in Cambodia. We consider it over. Thai cannot use this illegal map which was just drawn by American technical Advisor to prove as the map. It is just like we have land title and the thai just has the illegal paper. We have the map agreed at the ICJ the Hague and Paris Peace Agreement in 1991. Thai should respect khmer territorial integrity. They should back off from khmer border.

Anonymous said...

To 1:03 AM


Here I quoted you “You oversea Khmer won't feel the consequence if the war begins, economically and socially because you are residing in your lovely homes in US, Canada, Australia, France etc... Khmer government have been patient because no wrong move would put Cambodia back in the puddle, economically and socially.”

= Do you honestly think that only Cambodia will suffer economically if the war breaks out between Cambodia and Thailand? The fact is Cambodia and Thailand will suffer economically and the whole Southeast Asia will have instability, which will drive away foreign investor to other part of the world! The sad fact is the whole Cambodia is still structure base on wartime environment such as the living condition of Cambodia people is no different from the cold war and the whole Cambodian economy is no different from the cold war because Cambodia is still being exploited for cheap natural resources and cheap labor! It won’t change a damn thing if Cambodia chose to go to war right now! But what will change is the determination of the Cambodian people to protect whatever they have left from the cold war!

As a little reminder, King Sihanouk has so much fear about Vietnam war and he wanted so much for Cambodia to stay as a neutral country and not join the fight in the Vietnam war but at the end, Cambodia plunge into the Vietnam War and million of Cambodian people died in the war, starvation, and genocide! Now Cambodia under Hun Xen leadership has so much fear for war too and he insisted on peaceful bilateral talk with Thai leaders to end border conflict but at the end, the Thai army continue to occupy more Cambodian territories after every bilateral talk! So tell me what is the next fear for Cambodian leaders and Cambodian people?

People can chose to run away from fear all their life but if they don’t chose to confront their fear and one day fear will conquer over them and what is the fucken point of enjoying life when fear conquer all?

Anonymous said...

4:31 AM "Don't listen to Ah Jkout-Oversea who bought their degree online and can't even fill out their own job application" Did you mean ah hun xen? lol

Anonymous said...

The asshole that is anti Khmer oversea is a Yuon.

I stomp on his head last week, so Tep Vong does it still hurt?

So our comments really bother you and your plan to conquer Cambodia. You stink so much that your stench is detectable miles away.

We are really sorry about that Tep Vong.

Anonymous said...

The bottom line is Hun Sen may have no choice at all. It is unfortunately the big power game all over again.

Anonymous said...

kanduoy ma ah choy mray na dael mean kumnit bamphlanh khmer keu sot tae chea puok ah noruok roap poan choan. Ah choy mray os ahaeng nis kit kheunh tae luy lan villa ning amnach ponnos. Babo moat krav khos pi chet do saen kumruok. Uot khluon tha chea khmer angkor, pontae charek reuk pea, samdey samdav sot tae chea lbot puok ah peal teang os. Ah lob, ah chhkuot.

Anonymous said...

Please don't listen to Ah Fake-Oversea who can't get themselves out of roach infested government housing.

Anonymous said...

Consider yourself Khmer no more, all of you. You're all still full of yourself. Putting country first doesn't necessarily mean going to war and look tough. It means looking out for the best of the country. Cambodia can't afford another war at this moment. The only thing we need is economic development. It's very sad that Khmer are still stupid and stubborn like our ancestors that fucked each other up because they can't understand and respect one another. That's the problem plagued Khmer for centuries, EGO, STUBBORNNESS, and LACK OF RESPECT.

It's easy for you who live overseas to want to go to war but you're not because you live thousand of miles away from the battlefields where people in Cambodia are the ones that have to face the reality of war if it happens.

I truly wish that you can change your frame of mind. If not, I wish that your children will not have the same mentality as you. I hope they will love all Khmer regardless of the difference they might have.

Don't worry about any foreigners coming to take over Cambodia. They don't have to do any killing in order to take Cambodia because Khmer will kill Khmer already if the old Khmer mentality keeps going. So, they just have to let that happen and come in when Khmer finished killing each other.

Anonymous said...

Ah Fake-Oversea just try to trick us into big time trouble so that they can steal the country from us. They all are desperate and thirst for power to control us. Just ignore them (fools who can't see beyond a roach infested government housing).

Anonymous said...

4:32 PM,

Stop playing with your limited mind. Get out to see bigger places and things. You stayed too long in place like Anaheim and San Jose. I bet you can even go back to your house boat on the Mekong delta?

Anonymous said...

4:32 PM,
You are a frog, kbal youn! If you khmer head/blood you have to help find solution, not barking this dirty way. Get out of the forum.

Anonymous said...

We got solutions and we don't need yours, 9:58.

Anonymous said...

To 3:38PM

Where were you when the Vietcong occupied Cambodia for 10 years? Where were you mother fucker? Did you do the fighting against the Vietcong when the Vietcong withdrew their troop from Cambodia in 1989?

Hey! No Khmer people are stopping you from living under the Thai or the Viet okay! If you are afraid of the fucken war so much why don't move to somewhere else such as to Bangcock or Ha Noi!

Khmer is a fighter and not a chicken shit like you! If you have a fucken problem in living in Cambodia and you can get the fuck out!


Buddha bless you mother fucker for being so peaceful like a fucken slave!

Anonymous said...

We don't have to fight against Vietcong. They were too poor to occupy Cambodia. It ain't free to feed people, you know?

Therefore, the question should be where were you when Pol Pot were slaughtering Khmer people?