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by Stranga
Enigmatica
None of those countries arising out of the ashes of
World War II had had to assassinate, harass, threaten, and imprison their
internal dissidents, political activists, environmentalists and so forth for
the sake of so-called "national stability" and rebuilding. It is disingenuous;
to say the least, that Mr Hun Sen and his apologists could only measure
Cambodia's progress, even in 30 plus years, by the yard stick of the dismal KR era
in the seventies!
One easily - or conveniently - overlooked detail about
Japan, Germany and Israel etc. is that they also had chosen to adopt liberal
and constitutional political framework - and not simply as a cosmetic paperwork
formality treated with barely concealed contempt by the ruling party either! On
top of the structural ruins and destruction wrought by the war [the Jews had
been just as traumatised by the holocaust as had the Cambodian people by the
genocide, and had had to resurrect a state that had been lost to their race for
2 thousand years amid the unremitting hostility of surrounding Arab states]
Japan and Germany also had been forced to pay reparations to the Allied
powers.
In fact, Cambodia has been receiving - and continues
to receive - substantial international aid and assistance from the
international community annually, and despite over-exploiting its once rich
natural assets such as timber and minerals - and now turning to off-shore oil
deposits - the filthy rich are growing richer and filthier while between 80 and
90 percent of the country's population still live hand to mouth!
Nobody in their right mind would suggest for a second
that Cambodia's backwardness has anything to do with the lack of intelligence
or genius on the part of the Cambodian people [their past achievements and long
glorious history would indicate that they have as much of such things, if not
more than other nations can be said to possess].
On the other hand, it is true that unlike Israel,
Japan, Germany and other western European countries weakened and devastated by
WWII, Cambodia had not been rehabilitated economically by the Marshall Plan or
other special financial assistance and privileges from the US government or the
outside world. Yet, no economist or financial expert in their sound mind would
advise the US government - or any government, for that matter! - to privilege
Cambodia with similarly sustained structural economic and financial status and
packages knowing all too well the obvious pitfalls of asking a pack of hyenas
to nurse a seriously wounded lamb back to health?
Please spare us the insult...
3 comments:
A Hyena to nurse a wound sheep? Sound right indeed!....K.R =Cpp no differ it just change the driver,the vihecke is still the same.The old driver is dead,the new driver is committed worsen the dead driver.
A good piece of writing. Agreed with School of Vice. Hun Sen never wanted to compare his regime to any regimes around the world, except the Khmer rouge regime, so it means his regime is only better than the Khmer Rouge regime. Is that true Mr. Hun Sen?
What is terribly sad is that some who consider themselves brilliants politicians choose to take the money from Taipei in the early '90. Like daddy, they need money then as they need money now. Brilliants but experienced some memory lapse about chang kai shek. A model for him? Anyway, we need to wait and see if the man is really the best as he is pretending.
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