PROPOSED ROPOSED CAUSES AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS OF THE CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE “... a Kampuchea which is independant, unified, peaceful, neutral, non-aligned, with sovereignty over its territorial integrity, in a society in which happiness, equality, justice, and true democracy reign, without rich or poor, without exploiting class or exploited class, a society in which the entire people lives in harmony and great national unity and bands together to contribute to the production effort and, together, to build and defend the country.” 29 – Preamble to the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea
The Cambodian genocide shows the loathsomeness of the human ability to torment and murder human beings, without a feeling of remorse, when the correct conditions are available.
The underlying foundations of the …show more content…
The dynamic support of a few players on the international stage for the Khmer Rouge administration is unforgivable. Despite the fact that in some cases of genocide it might be contended that insufficient evidence was accessible at the time of the tragedies, this is surely not the case in Cambodia. The news of Khmer Rouge massacres and inhumane treatment was broadcast to the world in François Ponchaud’s journal article, “Le Kampuchéa Démocratique: Une Révolution radicale.”33 Yet Noam Chomsky, one of a number of supporters of the Khmer Rouge movement at the time, launched a vocal attack on Ponchaud’s writings and the writings of other critics of Pol Pot’s regime, accusing them of being anti-communist.34 As an intellectually heavyweight, with his reactions and refusal to accept or acknowledge the genuine way of the revolution in Cambodia, Chomsky muted the alerts sounded by others. Foreign intelligence agencies, especially the CIA, were involved in supporting Lon Nol’s regime and would, therefore, has had knowledge of the Khmer Rouge’s murderous methods even before
The Cambodian genocide shows the loathsomeness of the human ability to torment and murder human beings, without a feeling of remorse, when the correct conditions are available.
The underlying foundations of the …show more content…
The dynamic support of a few players on the international stage for the Khmer Rouge administration is unforgivable. Despite the fact that in some cases of genocide it might be contended that insufficient evidence was accessible at the time of the tragedies, this is surely not the case in Cambodia. The news of Khmer Rouge massacres and inhumane treatment was broadcast to the world in François Ponchaud’s journal article, “Le Kampuchéa Démocratique: Une Révolution radicale.”33 Yet Noam Chomsky, one of a number of supporters of the Khmer Rouge movement at the time, launched a vocal attack on Ponchaud’s writings and the writings of other critics of Pol Pot’s regime, accusing them of being anti-communist.34 As an intellectually heavyweight, with his reactions and refusal to accept or acknowledge the genuine way of the revolution in Cambodia, Chomsky muted the alerts sounded by others. Foreign intelligence agencies, especially the CIA, were involved in supporting Lon Nol’s regime and would, therefore, has had knowledge of the Khmer Rouge’s murderous methods even before