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by Stranga
Enigmatica
None of those countries arising out of the ashes of
World War II had had to assassinate, harass, threaten, and imprison their
internal dissidents, political activists, environmentalists and so forth for
the sake of so-called "national stability" and rebuilding. It is disingenuous;
to say the least, that Mr Hun Sen and his apologists could only measure
Cambodia's progress, even in 30 plus years, by the yard stick of the dismal KR era
in the seventies!
One easily - or conveniently - overlooked detail about
Japan, Germany and Israel etc. is that they also had chosen to adopt liberal
and constitutional political framework - and not simply as a cosmetic paperwork
formality treated with barely concealed contempt by the ruling party either! On
top of the structural ruins and destruction wrought by the war [the Jews had
been just as traumatised by the holocaust as had the Cambodian people by the
genocide, and had had to resurrect a state that had been lost to their race for
2 thousand years amid the unremitting hostility of surrounding Arab states]
Japan and Germany also had been forced to pay reparations to the Allied
powers.
In fact, Cambodia has been receiving - and continues
to receive - substantial international aid and assistance from the
international community annually, and despite over-exploiting its once rich
natural assets such as timber and minerals - and now turning to off-shore oil
deposits - the filthy rich are growing richer and filthier while between 80 and
90 percent of the country's population still live hand to mouth!
Nobody in their right mind would suggest for a second
that Cambodia's backwardness has anything to do with the lack of intelligence
or genius on the part of the Cambodian people [their past achievements and long
glorious history would indicate that they have as much of such things, if not
more than other nations can be said to possess].
On the other hand, it is true that unlike Israel,
Japan, Germany and other western European countries weakened and devastated by
WWII, Cambodia had not been rehabilitated economically by the Marshall Plan or
other special financial assistance and privileges from the US government or the
outside world. Yet, no economist or financial expert in their sound mind would
advise the US government - or any government, for that matter! - to privilege
Cambodia with similarly sustained structural economic and financial status and
packages knowing all too well the obvious pitfalls of asking a pack of hyenas
to nurse a seriously wounded lamb back to health?
Please spare us the insult...
7 comments:
Strange indeed! Not sure which side "Stranga Enigmatica" is on...This is confusing as hell...
A very well written opinion, indeed!
Beautiful!
School of Vice, thank you very much for posting this article.
Pissed Off
God's Foreign Policy
Bless Israel and you shall be blessed. Curse Israel and you shall be cursed.
From the best of my knowledge, Sihanouk cursed Israel and Hun Sen too. How about Sam Rainsy?
It all will boil down to that Israel will be the head of all nations. If you want to curse your head and make yourself sick, choose your cursing. But the ripples effects all people if it starts with its leader.
To7:36 PM,
You begin talking nonsense like crazy Pi Anh, and his buddy crazy Mike.
Mr. School of Vice,
Do you know what 12:10 AM and 7:47 AM are saying in Khmer there?
My assumption is that either you do not write Khmer or just decide to look the other way.
Why am I asking this, you may ask?
Because you've deleted one comment in romanized Khmer that was directed at the most disgusting 12:10AM's comment which is now followed by another nasty one at 7:47 AM.
As I always thought of you as a fair and educated person, I hope that you do not practice double standard here in KI-Media.
Thank you.
Dear reader @ 8:28 AM
Thank you for your helpful and timely criticism.
To clarify, no I did not deliberately overlook one disgusting comment whilst deleting similarly disgusting one directed in response to that initial comment. Rather, it is more an honest oversight on my part for which I stand corrected!
There are matters in this world of which I happen to stand naively innocent! Hence the oversight!
Apart from that,you are right on all counts! Personally, I would urge readers [whatever their particular reasons and/or sense of fairness or justice/ injustice maybe] not to allow themselves to be provoked into responding to obscene comments with ones in similarly [self-]degrading fashion, particularly, disgusting comments/ obscenities directed at women.
There are those agent provocateurs who would shy from nothing in their 'professional' bid to try and deface [thus discredit] forums like this one, and it is quite possible that both comments in question are indeed from the same person or source.
Otherwise, as I always insist, feel free to offer criticism and suggestions. That's what many of us are here for?
Kind regards,
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