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| Sihanouk with wife in Khmer Rouge liberated zone 1973 - image credit: AFP |
Extract courtesy of “កពឈស”
“It is quite right that I should congratulate the Cambodian Communists and tell them: You are fine people. You deserve to stay in power forever and nobody should push you out. Not even Sihanouk. Sihanouk should no longer rule instead of you because he has not succeeded in doing what you have done.”
NB: Sihanouk
had given similar reassurances to Hun Sen reminding the latter of the disastrous
consequences that the coup d’état staged against him by Lon Nol/ Sirik Matak
had had on the nation. The late former monarch also lavished praise on the Hun
Sen regime for its notable achievements “in all fields”, encouraging a fraternal comparison
between this regime and his own ‘Popular Socialist Community’ rule in the 1960s – School of Vice
"Cambodia will become Communist, and it is only right that it becomes Communist, because the revolution that the Khmer Rouge have made in the liberated areas has succeeded. I was convinced of this by seeing it with my own eyes. The Khmer Rouge are serious people. They know how to build up a country and they have done things that I never succeeded in doing. . . ."in the liberated areas, they no longer lack anything: neither meat nor vegetables, fruit, rice, clothes. Despite the war, rice production has doubled. When I was head of the state, they produced a ton and a half per hectare. Now it is two and a half tons per hectare. Or three. Products are good and prices are low. . . . And when one sees such results, one must admit that those who have obtained them have the right to govern the country. . . . It is quite right that I should congratulate the Cambodian Communists and tell them: You are fine people. You deserve to stay in power forever and nobody should push you out. Not even Sihanouk. Sihanouk should no longer rule instead of you because he has not succeeded in doing what you have done. He wanted to, he dreamed of doing it; but he was not able to accomplish it. Besides, Sihanouk does not count. What counts is Cambodia. So, even if one day you may throw him out, he will think as he does now. Yes, because he is bizarre. But he is not dishonest; and he is not a fool."
Prince Norodom Sihanouk, quoted in New York Times Magazine, August 12, 1973
សម្រាប់ជាឯកសារប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រប៉ុណ្ណោះ
--កពឈស
4 comments:
He was not in his mind or at least he thinks so,but he was bizarre indeed, if not a "fool"He remind me of Lybia leader Moama kadafi bizarre crossed-dressing and womenizers.
NS,was bizarre,dishonesty but not a Fool!....Hun sen is all the above,a killer,dictator,bizarre,fool,dishonest,worse of all the Commited Treason,a fool indeed!
Yobal Khmer
A wise man will not do what he had done to his beloved country,only a fool and dishonest man was capable of doing what had been done.He was a unthinkable's fool.A fool will never admits his own mistakes regardless of the consequences,a fool will keep on repeats mistakes again and again.....
Truth
I kind of feel bad for him when the news of his death broke out. But now understanding his past, he has lost all my respect.
គ្រប់ៗរូបគួរស្រេកឃ្លានក្នុងការស្វែងរកក្ដីពិត
តែក៏គួរគប្បីបន្ថយការវាយតម្លៃ ឬ ការកាត់
ក្ដីតាមភាពអគតិ ឬ ភាពមិនយល់ជំរៅក្ដីច្បាស់។
ចាំបានទេ ក្នុងសម័យមួយនោះ ស្ត្រីមានធ្មេញខ្មៅ
គេថានាងប្រកបដោយគុណសម្ភស្សល្អមួយផ្នែក
ក្នុងបណ្ដាចំណោមលក្ខណជាបញ្ចពិទ្យកល្យាណី !!!
ឯព្រះមហារាជាធិរាជដ៏ឧត្តមរបស់បារាំងគឺព្រះ
បាទណាប៉ូលេអុងទ្រង់សព្វព្រះទ័យប្រើសមស្លាបព្រា
ផ្តិលធ្វើពីអាលុយមីញ៉ូម ព្រោះទ្រង់នឹកស្មានថាវាមាន
តម្លៃជាងលោហធាតុមាសឬប្រាក់ទៅទៀត !!!
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