Hun Sen will never make peace with Sam Rainsy

By Anet Khmer

Khmerization, Thanks for your article "The Sam Rainsy Affairs".

"Mr. Hun Sen could do better without the national and international backlash by seeking a political solution and acquiescing to a political compromise with Mr. Sam Rainsy."

Mr. Hun Sen has never had such a thought of making peace with Mr. Sam Rainsy if doing so would present even a smallest threat to his secure domination of the Cambodian political arena; after all, politics in Cambodia since the time of Sihanouk will always be as such that you will control the political environment in Cambodia without any regard to how you or your party may look outside Cambodia.

China and a number of Asian countries including Vietnam and Laos will always support the Hun Sen's government; no matter what Mr. Hun Sen does to the democracy in Cambodia. After all, in these countries democracy is their enemy anyway.

Europe and America will never take a stand for the sake of democracy on its own.

Democracy, freedom and justice are always proclaimed by these western countries to be of the utmost importance, but their importance has always and certainly been superseded by the western powers' interests in the region and their competition with China so they are words or concepts to be thrown here and there to embellish the concept of modern government supposedly every country should adopt.

Hun Sen and his advisors are smart enough to know exactly how to play politics with these western powers knowing very well how far to push their buttons without any serious or damaging consequences.

Sam Rainsy who now depends solely on the outside western world for some kind of intervention in order to come back home in time for the next election may never be able to come back at all.

For Sam Rainsy, to write a letter to offer an apology to PM Hun Sen may surely give him a chance to come back under the so-called political compromise in the spirit of national reconciliation; however, what does that actually mean?

To the general public it may mean something good and important, but to the critical minds, it simply means that Sam Rainsy acknowledges that his actions done in Svay Rieng are totally wrong and thus confirms or confesses that the Vietnamese have never encroached upon Cambodian land (when, in fact, they have). It also allows Hun Sen and the CPP to argue that what Sam Rainsy did in Svay Rieng was a political ploy to try to get his name and reputatation up in order to get votes and support from the Cambodian people.

Those who can help Mr. Sam Rainsy are the Khmer people inside the country who need to demand his return since he has done nothing wrong, but, as usual, the Khmers will never do anything serious to help even though they fully know that Mr. Sam Rainsy is right all along. This is Charet Khmer or Khmer characters [Khmer mores] which are not easily changed.

They want something good, but expect it to fall from the sky for them even though they and their children are the real persons who shall benefit from and want it.

They won't die for a cause that is why Cambodia is Cambodia today! As usual they are good at being divided and tend to love to exist in different groups with no real understanding of the effects of compromise and unity for the common good. Look at the 4 parties who are supposedly against the CPP. Do you think they can unite and form one party? I doubt it!

Look at Sihanouk, with all the mistakes he has made in his political career and the destruction his policies have brought to Cambodia and her people, he has still managed to get his son crowned as king of Cambodia to continue his desired monarchy and himself considered and promoted to be the king father of Cambodia, the new title in the thousand years of Cambodian history.

What else can I say? I think, as smart as you are, you know what I mean.

Anet Khmer