Socialism Sucks: The American Left and Pol Pot I remember the Pol Pot takeover in Cambodia. I also remember that the Leftist Democrats (Socialists), in America, were ecstatic that the Communists were about to take Cambodia. Every Leftist said that a Khmer Rouge victory would bring Peace and Equality to Cambodia. “Give Peace a Chance” Now we see what a True Socialist govment could do. 2.2 Million murdered. Norodom Sihanouk ruled over Cambodia from 1953 until 1970. General Lon Nol deposed him and took control of Cambodia. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge initiated a guerrilla civil war that would last 5 yrs. President Nixon asked Congress to provide the Cambodian govment of Lon Nol with $155 million, of which $85 million would help prevent the Khmer Rouge from taking power. The American Leftists were against this proposal. Communists and Socialists are the peaceful ones. America? Well, we were the Aggressive , unTrustworthy Killers. Most Leftists supported a Communist takeover in SE Asia (eg Jane Fonda). Fonda and hubby, Tom Hayden are Enemies of America. Here’s an Example: In 1970, Fonda told a U of Michigan audience: If you understand what Communism is, you would pray that we would some day become Communist. At Duke U, she stated: I, a Socialist, think that we should strive toward a Socialist society, all the way to Communism. (Don’t listen to the modern day nonSense that Socialism has nothing to do with Communism) Hayden organized an IndoChina Peace Campaign(IPC) and lobbied Congress to cut off American aid to the regimes in Cambodia and South Vietnam. Assisted by Democrats in Congress: (Ron Dellums, Bella Abzug, Robert Drinan, Elizabeth Holtzman, Pat Schroeder, and David Bonior) The IPC worked to help the N. Vietnamese Communists and the Khmer Rouge win the war. Hayden and Fonda took a camera crew to Hanoi, to help persuade viewers that the peaceful Socialists were going to create the ideal New Society based on Justice and Equality (All Equally Poor), if the war hungry Americans would just get out ! (Americas fault, sound familiar?) Hoping that an agreement would help to bring Peace to S. Vietnam and Cambodia (plus help quell the antiWar upRoar (caused by the Leftists and Democrats in America)) Nixon, signed a Truce in 1973 and withdrew all American forces. N. Vietnam had no intention of observing that Truce; neither did Pol Pot. After WaterGate, the midterm elections, resulted in huge Republicans Losses. Now, with a new sense of Power, Democrats were ready give Cambodia and Vietnam to the Socialists/Communists and to get rid of the PowerHungry Americans. President Gerald Ford, warned of Horror and Tragedy if Cambodia became abandoned to the Khmer Rouge. He pleaded with Congress to supply Lon Nols Army with the equipment it needed to defend itself. Rep. Christopher Dodd (Conn.) said: “The greatest Gift that we can give to Cambodia is Peace, not Guns. The best way to accomplish that is by Ending Military Aid.” The first act of the new Democrat Congress was to cut off the funding (1975). Republicans warned that a Pol Pot victory in Cambodia would result in a BloodBath ! AntiWar Democrats (eg John Kerry and Anthony Lake) accused them of trying to stir up antiCommunist hysteria. Senator George McGovern said : “The kind of govment which would succeed Lon Nols forces would be a government run by Intellectuals in Cambodia.” (How utterly Stoopid are these people ?!?!) (Maybe they just don’t care !!) The NY Times Sydney Schanberg, didn’t believe predictions of mass executions by the Khmer Rouge and said: “It is difficult to imagine how their lives could be anything but better with the Americans gone. ( There it is again, Americas Fault, sounds just like the Leftist Democrats today !!) On the OpEd page, Anthony Lewis was calling the whole BloodBath debate unReal. It was all a RightWing Lie ! The American Leftists (Socialists) viewed Pol Pot as a Liberator of the Cambodian people. He promised nonViolence and Equal Poverty for all (Except the govmint). Peace at last ! Lovely, peaceful, utopian Socialism was coming. “Imagine all the People, living Life in Peeeeeeeace” The Socialist Left succeeded. The Democrats had Won. The Cambodian People were about to Pay the Price for this disregard of History. In 1975 Anthony Lake called for: An immediate turning over of Power to the Khmer Rouge. He also said that the Khmer Rouge is NOT a Totalitarian Force, but just a coalition of many Khmer Nationalists, Communist and nonCommunists whose only Ambition is to Free the Cambodian people.” ( Kinda sounds like what they said about the Arab Spring) (What do the Socialist Democrats think of Anthony Lake ? President Jimmy Carter appointed him to be the State Department’s Policy Planning Director, and years later, President Bill Clinton named him to be his National Security Advisor. John Kerry ? He’s Secretary of State !!) I can’t make this up ! The U.S. funding was Cut ! S. Vietnam and Cambodia were quickly overRun by the Communists. The S. Vietnamese Capital of Saigon surrendered in 1975 and reNamed Ho Chi Minh City. The Communists proceeded to execute tens of thousands of Vietnamese while more than a million fled the country. Lon Nol’s government in Cambodia fell and in 1975, The Khmer Rouge forces took control of Phnom Penh, under the banner of “peaceful” Socialism and Communism . Again ! Pol Pot designated the year 1975 as year Zero; Hell on Earth had arrived in Cambodia. (Aided by the Leftist Socialist Democrats in the United States). It makes me sick to my stomach to realize that these people , with the same arguments, are being supported by millions today in the United States. (Spewing the same Garbage that has cost tens of millions of lives) Socialists abound in the USA (in all parts of our Education System). They are in Congress and in the White House, telling Lies and distorting History. The “peaceful Socialist Left in America (with their amazing record of accomplishment) are now trying to convince us that it would be different this time. Spreading the Wealth is equality. Taxing the Evil Business Owner is Fairness. They want to create an Ideal New Society based on Justice and Equality. Here we go again ! “Know the History”
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 08:56:56 +0000
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