To start, violence from the civil war in Vietnam directly led to Pol Pot taking control of Cambodia. The South Vietnamese and US militaries both were …show more content…
To this day, many families are still looking for lost loved ones and the poverty rate of Cambodia is among the worst in Asia. CNN Reporter Tim Hume further explains: “In an impoverished country -- one of Asia's poorest, albeit with 7% predicted economic growth this year -- most young people seemed to be focused on getting ahead than looking back” (How). There is no question that the ravages of the genocide directly correlate with the nation’s struggling economy to this day. The mass murder of doctors, attorneys, professors, engineers, and so on crippled the wounded nation when they needed help the most. The worst part about all of this, Pol Pot never faced punishment for his