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Thursday 2 May 2013

A Khmer-American army expert: Thai army is superior to Khmer military

Re: Preah Vihear and the Thai military failures 

Understand your enemies before you call them coward

Anonymous said...

Dear 5:20 am (second article),

Are you military scholar and tactician? When did you serve in the 21th Century's Army? Or what Army are you currently serving?

I served 16 years in the U.S Army and I visited Thailand a few times in their military base in Lop Buri and I can tell you that they are stronger, better trained and better-equipped and their combined/joint trainings are superior to Khmer military. Lessons learned from the past: the Thais invaded Khmer territory multiple times and they took our land, people, and everything we have; so don't let stupidity and ignorance blind you. These border clashes were just simply fought by Khmer Surin Rangers; not their special warfare groups; navy, air force and their ground forces. Understand your enemies before you call them coward. RFII-don't underestimate your enemy.

29 April 2013 10:42 am
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I still believe that Thai soldiers are cowards
Anonymous said...

Dear 10:42 am,

You talk like you know everything, but in reality you had ONLY a child's knowledge. Most of us do realize that the Thai army has strength superiority over Khmer forces., You mentioned that Siam (Thailand) had 300,000 plus troops but you had little knowledge of how and where are those Thai  troops stationed and deployed. Siam had very unhappy neighbors all around them. Those neighbors of Siam either hated Siam through jealousy because of Siam's success or border disputes. Siam had fought many border wars with it's neighbors. Siam had to divide a lot of their 300,000 plus troops to guard all their borders instead of only their borders with us Khmer. Siamese bravery does not come close to the Vietnamese tenacity and experiences. Siamese people are cowards. They lost many border clashes with their neighbors. They even lost to Laos a much smaller population than Cambodia. Now Khmers in this era are not stupid and irresponsible like the Khmer Rouge. We will try our best to avoid a fight with a larger thieving Siam but we can only get pushed around so much before we push them back. OH ! BY THE WAY, CAMBODIA NOW HAD AT LEAST 100,000 well-equipped ground forces, not only 6000 as you suggested. Our ill-equipped navy had 6000 troops and we have 2100 air men personels for the ill-equipped air forces. We also have several thousand reservists. OH ! WE DON'T HAVE SEVERALS NEIGHBORS WHO HATED US LIKE SIAM DOES. Vietnam is at peace with Hun Sen, Laotians never have any problems with Khmers. WE ONLY HAVE TO DEFEND AGAINST SIAM. YOU NEED TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE YAKING AWAY. I AND MOST REAL KHMERS STILL BELIEVE THAT SIAMESE ARE COWARDS. THEY ARE ONLY GOOD IN KILLING REFUGEES.
30 April 2013 4:21 am
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Thai army is the best in Southeast Asia
Anonymous said...

30 April 2013 4:21 am,

Just because I disagree with you does not allow you to cause friction and disunity among ourselves. This is another illustration why we can never be united as one.

You can articulate these comments if you insist. However, it does not change the fact that Thai military are better-trained, well-fed, well-equipped and their Special Forces, Navy Seal, and Marines are some of the best in SE Asia, trained by U.S military.

What does "dislike" got to do with national interest? China, the Soviet Union and Vietnam were all friends before. Now, they don’t get along. Cambodia needs to be a strategic and complex thinker. Stop thinking small and minutes; but think strategically. When I say "strategic" I mean think of our nation’s national interest for the next billion years from now.

Yes, many Khmers think Siamese are cowards; but look at your own map and land. Whose country is bigger, better and richer? Word with no action is half of the truth.

1 May 2013 10:22 am
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If Thai army is the best, why it allowed the Lao Army to kick their sorry butts?
Anonymous said... 

 29 April 2013 10:42 am

I am very doubtful of your observational skill Sir, particularly your general aptitude as a proficient military evaluator despite of your claims being up to 16 year long service in the US Army. Perhaps you gave an emphasis and/or lauded excessively to the wrong Thai military unit which its sole functional purpose is to serve as a show case to impress the unsophisticated eyes like yours !!!. But even if what you had described was accurate about this Lop Buri unit,why they allowed Lao Army to kick their sorry butts of their comrades from the small islands all the way across multiple towns ?!!!
1 May 2013 2:26 am 
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I am a U.S military expert!

Anonymous said... 

1 May 2013 2:26 am

My observation is 100% accurate; not lauded excessively to the wrong Thai military unit. My observation is based on fact; not assumptions. And assumptions are mother of all f..k up. I don't operate on assumptions; I operated on data, information, and knowledge that enhance our ability to make sense and enable us to make sound MDMP. And I am not in the business of insulting your comments or your intelligent; but give my opinion. Did you say my "unsophisticated eyes"? You are kidding yourself. I am well and proficient in DTTPs, ADP and ADRP that is in the inventory of the U.S Army. That is one of the reasons why I am serving with one of the best Division in the U.S Army. I don’t give myself a false sense of superiority when I know, based on facts, that Cambodian Armed Forces is ill-equipped and poorly trained. How do I know this? I have many friends in the Cambodia Royal Armed Forces with a rank of Brigadier General, Major General, and Lieutenant General; who never one-day go for a 12 miles run; 25 miles road march; and not a single day in FTX, CPX, MRE and MRX. Ranks are based on how much are you willing to pay and rank does not mean war college or other prestige military training like in the U.S Army.

When I was in Lopburi, we trained Thai soldiers on parachuting and I saw with my two eyes of their physical fitness training, road marching, and combined armed training. Their NAVY SEAL; Special Forces and Marines are outstanding. All thanks to the U.S Army.

So if you wish, you can give yourself a sense of false report and false hope and tell yourself the truth when it is NOT TRUE.

1 May 2013 10:07 am

46 comments:

Anonymous said...

thai armies, not the best in asia,
compares to Vietnamese armies,,

Vietnamese militaries are much better than Thailand,,,

Anonymous said...

The problem is that the war hasn't started yet, so we can't be sure which side is better.

Anonymous said...

Consider this US-Iraq war. Even the mighty USA suffered a heavy loss in a war with a country having presumably inferior army. "THE costs of the second Iraq war, which began 10 years ago this week,
are staggering: nearly 4,500 Americans killed and more than 30,000 wounded, many grievously; tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis wounded or killed; more than $2
trillion in direct government
expenditures..." http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/opinion/the-silver-linings-of-iraq.html?_r=0

Anonymous said...

1 May 2013 10:05 pm

Vietcong are only better at setting up a boobie-trap in the battlefield

Anonymous said...

the Thai having very hard time with Malaysia laotian and Khmer. the Thai used to under Khmer protectorait more then 7 hundreds year and you clam the Thai superiors over Khmer?. the be fair atlease you would mention the Burma suck Bangkok twice. and you will see at the minute we re united we will rebuild our empire. what will happen to decieveful Thai thugs.?

Anonymous said...

You can say united states failed with Iraq or afgan. Look deeply and you'll see why. They fail in structuring the country not destroying a country. Google how many wars the united states been involve. Some of you keep referencing Vietnam. You really think the Americans lost? You want to count the number of casualties? You united states not only decimated S.E Asia but also put sanctions on Vietnam. Look at their economy. You think Russia or China want to get involve again?

Thailand is better equip and train. But how they use it is a different story. Just like any other internationally recognized country. You have to operate under the U.N or international law. Next it comes down to domestic. How much of the Thai people want war with any country. How far will the politicians or ultra nationalist go?

Anonymous said...

I didn't say that the USA lost. Just said that it also suffered a heavy loss (of soldiers and money). Anyway, it failed to discover any nuclear bomb in Iraq. North Korea has nuclear bombs now, so what's the USA still waiting for? It also failed to protect North Vietnam from South Vietnam. It also failed to deter Boston's bombs. Yes, the USA is mighty, but it still has weakness. For Thailand, they get good training, but no real life experience in war. If they manage to win over Cambodia, can they hold their position for long? They can't fully control terrorism in their Southern part of their county yet.

Anonymous said...

Can we stop this division among Khmers? Thailand can do nothing to Cambodia if the Vietnamese don't let them. Youns control Laos army too. They can hit the Thai from both sides and Thai have to think twice before hitting on Cambodia. Thai can't fight a battle on two fronts. Relax my people.

Anonymous said...

both of you very intellected our nation need.
both of you. we enjoy reading your good feed back.



Anonymous said...

I hated when people keep saying they have no war experience and yet they got most of our land until today. And don't forget, the Thai special force also participate in the Vietnam war by helping the American with hundred of sortie fly over the sky of Vietnam and conduct a special operation including sabotaging etc.

Anonymous said...

2 May 2013 12:58 am

It will not be a two front battle. It will be equal up 2 vs 2. There's a treaty that was signed in 1954 between the US and Thailand.

Anonymous said...

2 May 2013 12:16 am

I'm not sure if North Korea even have a nuclear bomb or a nuclear warhead at it's master. They are low on technology to mastered those nuke bomb

Anonymous said...


I like both sides of the argument, though I tend to agree more with the "U.S. Military Expert" poster.

My brothers, let's face the facts. How many times Siamese lose territory to us through war?

War with Thailand will only benefit Vietnam. It will give Vietnam an excuse to occupy our country, as it pretends helping us to fight the Thais.

Don't fall in that trap again my bro's. There is a better way to deal with Thailand than an outright war.

Anonymous said...

What does the bomb or nuclear have to do with this? Your rambling just shows stupidity. The point is, Thailand has the fighting power. They have air and navy superiority. You think Cambodia have an army to push into Thailand? We may have tons of BM rockets but that's all. You think Vietnam want to stick their nose in? Have anyone heard anything from Vietnam? So now everyone think Vietnam will be our saviour again?

No real life experience? How you think they got Khmer land in the first place? You think they are not in full control of the south? You seem to be exaggerating too much. Keep things in perspective.

Anonymous said...

We should negotiate with Thailand.

Anonymous said...

We should negotiate with the Siam on returning all the Khmer temples inside of Thailand back to the rightful owner and stop being low life thieves with no shame. LOL

The siam thieves have no shame of their prostituting mum from China, now the siam thieves are after our temples.

Anonymous said...

Thailand's armies, can not compared to Vietnamese armies,

Vietnamese armies are much much better than Thailand,,

Anonymous said...

I have to agree with 1 May 2013 11:34 pm comment that Vietnam are only better at setting up boobie-trap and eating dogs LOL

Anonymous said...

Seveal factors that contributed to Pol Pot 's victory such as the USA pull out of Indochina , corruption of Lon Nol regime , popularity of Sihanouk etc.. . had been
ignored . Pol Pot declared that the Khmer Rouge force was the strongest force in the
world . On the very day of second anniversary of Vietcong victory , Pol Pot attacked
Vietnam . The Khmer Rouge walked into Ty Ninh with no or little resistance . Pol Pot
celebrated the victory and bragged about the success of his mighty force . Pol Pot did
not realized that it was an ambush - Hundred of Khmer Rouge soldiers were trapped
& killed , some were chased to Khmer town of Suong which was occupied by Vietnam
for a short while . Pol Pot still believed that his armed force was the best in the world
and the failure was due to the treason of Khmer Rouge cadres whom he labelled as
" Khmer body with Vietnamses head " - Pol Pot started to purge the suspected cadres
which gave the opportunity to Vietnam to chase Pol Pot out of power .
Today , Hun Sen is rebuilding his armed force - he has admitted that his force is weaker than Thailand's , but he keep saying that his small ants can make the Thai
elephant sleepless & will drop down eventually . The remnant of the Khmer Rouge
soldiers are still believing that they are as strong as ever ( compare to armless town
evacuees ) .

Anonymous said...

I tend to agree with the "Khmer-American military expert". The Thai army surely has superiority over Khmer army in numbers, in training and in weaponry. However, in term of bravery and courage, the Cambodian soldiers win on this issue because Cambodia has been waging wars fore decades so our soldiers are not afraid of dying. On the contrary, the Thai soldiers never went to war so they kind of afraid of dying -coward like some said.

But in this modern warfare, courage and bravery, and even number of troops, will not determine the outcomes of the war. It is the technology - the jets, the navy, the weapons - that will determine the outcome of the war and Cambodia does not have all of the above and therefore we will not win a war with Thailand, but will lose badly. We must not have a false sense of hope.

Anonymous said...

I'm really sorry for the fact that Thailand got most of Khmer territory in the first place. However, it was not because they were the better fighters. It was Yaksovarman's clans who moved from Yaksothapura (Nokor Thom). Later, when King Jayavarman VII ascended to the Throne, he didn't eliminate Thai. Because Khmer defectors lived with them. After King Jayavarman reign was over, Khmer suffered from internal disputes, weakening the whole nation. That lead opportunistic Thais to invade us. For Preah Vihea dispute, Thai once sent troops to occupy it, but was dominated by late Samdech Ta's troops. Ta Mok's troops occupied Preah Vihea until defection to the government. That was when Thais encroached and took more land from us. Remember US-backed Lon Nol's regime? Khmer rouge troops didn't have better equipments and got no training from the USA. They got no fighter jets. However, they dominated Lon Nol's troops by courage, tactics and tricks. I know the USA got the best military and war training, but it hasn't been to war with Russia or China yet. US's war tactic is completely different from communist one. And now China is the biggest creditor of the wealthy USA (around $1 trillion), so why should China scare? China is nearer to Cambodia than the USA to Thailand. Thai aligns with USA, while Khmer align with communist bloc. To reduce USA's military influence in Southeast Asia, the communist bloc must interfere. The USA invaded Iraq for false nuclear warhead conspiracy. North Korea has taken tests of their nuclear bombs, but there is no US invasion. Why? Because North Korea is next to China and Russia. Back to Khmer, to date, are you sure that there's no special force receiving training anywhere? Khmer rouge was a nobody. Late Samdech Ta didn't care to eliminate them. Just broke them in PP. Then came Lon Nol's regime and Khmer rouge with inferior weapons turned to be a big disaster. Back then, the majority didn't know Khmer rouge received training alongside with Vietnamese troops. This is a communist war tactic - secrecy and suprise. How many military drills has USA and Thailand shown? A lot more than the communist bloc. I'm saying too much. Time to shut up. Anyway, I wont lose hope in Khmer troops.

Anonymous said...

For latest terrorist attack in Tickand, http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/331287/unrest-continues-in-south-after-teacher-day. There have been a lot of terrorist attacks in Thailand in the last few years, so are you sure Thais can fully control terrorism in their country? In your respective, what is war? And what's the reason Thai would go to war with Khmer?

Anonymous said...

8:35 am. You got your facts wrong. Khmer ROuge didnt have any training or any weapons but they were able to dominate Lon Nol troops not by courage but by the Vietnamese.

The Vietnamese trained Khmer Rouge. The Vietnamese recurited Khmer Rouge. The Vietnamese also took the weapons from the Khmer Rouge because they had full control of the Khmer Rouge. It was nto until 1975 that the Vietnamese left the Khmer Rouge in control of the the savaged country. After 1975, the Vietnamese had other plan and prosed the Loas-Cambodia-Vietnam border (Loas was now under the Vietnamese Occupation after the victory and the final Vietnamese Invasion).

What Pol Pot did was denied the proposal, but he didnt realised that many of the recurited Khmer Rouge were Vietnamese spy. Thus why 2 millions Khmer were killed.

Look at the evidence and the time line of the Vietnamese Invasion in Loas and Cambodia.

Millions of Youn were killed by the Vietnamese that is a fact.

Hundreds of thousands of Laos and Mhong were killed by the Vietnamese that is a fact.

Now ask yourself during and before the Vietnamese Invasion, how many millions of Khmer were killed by the Vietnamese?

Why would the Khmer Rouge kill 2 millions of his own people after the country was ravaged and torn by the Vietnamese Invasion and by the B52 Bombings, dropping over 2 million tons of bombs in 10 years under the US secrecy and tactic.





Anonymous said...

I found this following article somewhere in the internet a few years ago,I made a partial screen shot and here it is :

" Having lost almost 6,000 men in 1987 in fight with communist Lao over a strip of less than 5 square kilometer,
Thailand is reluctant to provoke a full-scale military conflict. Thailand's Minister of Defense, Chuan Leekpai, is
a civilian and has not even one hour of combat experience. When the Lao government sees this weakness, it
is too much of a temptation not to seize the Mano islets. Chuan Leekpai too must learn that in 1987 the Thai
military was under a five stars general Chavalit Yongchaiyuth's command. Yet the Thai army was no match of
the so-called ragtag Lao People's Liberation Army. The outcome of the Mano islets is a foregone conclusion;
Lao will retain full control over it. After all, it is Lao's territory. To contest it would mean a protracted and bloody
military campaign, which Thailand cannot afford, and Lao has nothing to lose. Thailand will try to weasel its way
out by proposing a joint control over the islets. Most likely such a proposal will fail, and should not be accepted.
Both communist and non communist Lao can agree that Lao and its territory must be ruled by the Lao government.
Be it red or white, Lao territory must be governed by Lao people. Another fall back position for Thailand is to lease
the islets for its farmers. This proposal may be acceptable to all Lao people. Under the second option, Thai farmers
will use the islets with Lao's consent. This position is the present posture taken by Lao. "

When a khmerican army expert caution us to take a hard, objective look into Thai military strength and not to adopt false
hope,I really appreciate his effort but he must realize that we Khmer simply can not stay in paralyzed mode,fearful mode
to the point of letting Thai to intimidate us like in the past 300 years. We will magnify Thai strength with only a
convex mirror !!! And we know what we doing!!!

Dear Khmerican army expert! Next time when you train Thai troop can you mention that Lop bury was a Khmer Empire province
and Yunnan is really a province that they should really train hard to go back to !!!

Anonymous said...

Oh ! yea what is the result of the Vietnam war. Catastrophe for America until today. Over 4500 MIA. Siam uses their experiences on border skirmish with Laos. Siam fought with Burma. Now with Cambodia. They didn't win any outright victory on any of them. They shelled on Khmer infantry positions at Preah Vihear areas for days. They shelled Ta Moan & Ta Krabey for more than 7 days with thousand of shells with many different calibers ( DK-75, DK-82, 105mm howitzers, 125mm howitzers, 155mm howitzers, 60mm mortars, 82mm mortars, rockets) and still until today Khmer forces still at those positions. Siam attacked with international baned cluster bombs in order to maximized killing zones. Khmer troops did suffered heavy causalties but we still hold those positions. Khmer troops managed to kill dozens and wounded hundreds of these COWARDS SIAM troops. Siam also attacked with APC, MBT tanks and still not manage to take any of Khmer positions. Where are those Siam experiences you dangle in front of us  LOL.

America had used all their weapons except nuclear during Vietnam war but still lost the war. 

Khmer will not seek war with A KA PEK only exhaust every efforts peaceful ways. Khmer will not start the first shot. If Siam start the first shot it will not stop until Khmer put a hurt in them.

Anonymous said...

Agreed. LOL 

Anonymous said...

thai armies, no compared to Indonesian armies,,

Thai's armies, no matched to CHINESE ARMIES (PLA)

Anonymous said...

Laos army, FTW.

Anonymous said...

9:52 am, Khmer rouge did kill khmer people. It was because of hate. Pol Pot hated monarchy and totalitarianism. He applied a combination of theories to rule the country. He attacked Vietname because of Chinese incitation. China helped Vietnam to fight of French and USA and hoped it could control Vietnam. USA used Lon Nol to fight North Vietnam. Then China used Khmer rouge to eliminate Lon Nol. However, when Vietnam won, it didn't give itself to China. Instead, it turned to Russia. Russia war sacred of China's influence, so it did support Vietnam to fight off China. In revenge, China provoked Khmer rouge to attack Vietnam. Khmer rouge lost and Vietnam took control. That time Cambodia received support (weapons, military suits...) from Russia too. Many students got scholarships to Russia. No 351 (Chinese ethnicity) were allowed to work in Cambodia's government.

Anonymous said...

US and Thai well-trained with superior equipments got accidents during their drill. To say that Thais are stronger and better than Khmer is irrational. "PHUKET: Rescuers found a crashed US helicopter in jungle today in northern Thailand and airlifted seven injured Americans out to hospitals......Four Thai military personnel were slightly injured when a helicopter staged an emergency landing on Phuket on February 6." http://phuketwan.com/tourism/seven-americans-injured-cobra-gold-helicopter-crashes-jungle-17612/

Anonymous said...

2 May 2013 3:28 pm. According to your logic. Khmer Rouge killed 2.5 millions Khmer because they hated the monarchy and totalitarianism?

WRONG! My friend. So the Vietnamese had no role in the genocide of the Khmer people? And what role did the Vietnamese have on the genocide in Laos and the forgotten Champa people?

Are you to say that Khmer ROuge hated his own people so much that they killed 2 million Khmer in the hopes that the Vietnamese wouldnt use that as an excuse to invade Cambodia?

China provoked Khmer Rouge? Looks like you took a one line from a book. Are you suggesting that China planned for the genocide of 2 million Khmer?

You sound like a Youn. Evil barbaric Youn.

Anonymous said...

This Khmerican army guy received too much training from the US Army so I think he got kinda brain washed by that training and got too much pride on his head. Yes it's true that Siam armed forces are well equipped and well trained and they are good at shooting civilians too. Siam picked on Cambodia cus they are poor and weaker than them that's about it but when it comes to war experience, Cambodia has it all. All Cambodia need is more modern weapons to counter Siam armed forces. I've seen Siam tried to take over those three Cambodian temples with no success. The Siam used most of their ground fire powers to weaken Cambodian positions in hoping they will surrender but it didn't work so what is that tell you? Cambodia has the heart to fight even thou they are rag tag army with flip flops. It won't be easy to invade Cambodia this time. I think they've learned from their civil war era already with convention and unconventional warfare.

Anonymous said...

The strong Khmer armed force today is remnant of Pol Pot soldiers . They were the one who repelled Thai force during the armed clashes in 2009 . New recruits have no
experience in battlefield whereas the young Star General are now good at illigal logging , making trouble in town & capital 's bars & Karaoke . Hun Manet , the so called Khmer
HEROE from American Westpoint was stationed about 20 Km from the front line with
4 other 4 star generals who are too rich too risk their lives . Poor Khmers are streaming
too make good living in Thailand everyday ; so when the war break out between Camnodia & Thailand , Hun Sen has known for sure that thee are not many poor people who want to sacrify their lives to protect his family & his cronies wealth -
Thailand will take the opportunity to make Khmer to fight against Khmer . Hun Sen will
have as the same fate as Pol Pot - Perhaps ; this is one of the reason that Hun Sen
hasn't dare to say anything when Thai soldiers moved some border posts to between
5 to 10 Km inside Khmerland ? ...Poor Khmers will not unite with the dictator who has
grabbed their land & destroyed their shelters on top of ceding Khmerland to his grateful
Vietnam boss .

Anonymous said...

The one is talking about his 16 years in the US Army and the superiority of the Thai army, other are talking about Vietnam or about the Khmer Rouge strategy.

But here we are talking about the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia and we should stay on the fact and not go to right or to the left.

The conflict we are talking is under the 2 basis. The one is the aggressor and another one is in self-defense. In this case Thailand will be category as aggressor and Cambodia will be category under self-defense.

As aggressor Thailand sure have a superiority of the military equipment. But most of those equipments were bought from other countries. Thailand therefore will not able to use most of their military equipments, because of some agreement with the US, Australia and other countries in Europe.

Theoretical Thai as aggressor only able to attack Cambodia by ground and not allow to use the Air equipments. Mean Thai have to fight man by man with the Cambodia military forces.

In this situation we Khmer might have more experiences as the Thai army. Of course we did not have all the human resources or the amount of military equipment, but most of the member of the Cambodian army have more experiences from their last guerrilla fighting again the Vietnamese military occupation or from the late war during the years 1970 until 1990.

As self-defense, Cambodia therefore have the right to use most of their military equipments and also ask for supports from outsider. I have trust to our Cambodian army force, because they are fighting to protect Cambodia and with all main and brain.

Anonymous said...

Laos- Vietnam treaty of friendship was signed on the July 18 , 1977 . article 1
states about special cooperation of Construction & Defense . Since then ,
Vietnam soldiers with Laos uniforms have been all over Laos .If you visit
Laos today you will see a Vietnam flag along with Laos flag in every government office . Hun Sen did signed the special friendship with Vietnam
too , for Cambodia protection - While Hun Sen was in Hanoi on July 5th & 6th
of 1997 , Vietnam sent troops from Division 7th for coup d'état . Because of
the Special Friendship treaty , Vietnam Has reason to flood Vietnam immigrants
in Cambodia - Families of Vietnam soldiers ( civilian clothes )

Anonymous said...

One hundred thousand Vietnamese soldiers left Cambodia Sept 30 1989 then came
back the next day in civilian clothes . They are legally settled in Cambodia , speak
Khmer very well & carry Khmer ID but they are still officially Vietnamses soldiers . They
are the core of Khmer Defense . Vietnam fought so hard to fulfill Ho Chi Minh dream
of forging Indochinese Federation , therefore ; Vietnam has an obligation to send
young & well trained force to protect the Federation ( Vietnam , Kampuchea & Laos ) .
Young men were trucked from float village of Tonle Sap defeated Ranariddh force on July 5th & 6th of 1997 coup d'état . Youn men with Hun Sen bodyguard uniform were
trucked from Phnom Penh to Preah Vihear - they are XMERS DEFENDERS .

Anonymous said...

"Theoretical Thai as aggressor only able to attack Cambodia by ground and not allow to use the Air equipments. Mean Thai have to fight man by man with the Cambodia military forces."

The Israeli and the US would probably laugh at those comment and say "Really?"

Anonymous said...

I don't know if Vietnam will come to defend Cambodia if war breakout. Ah kwach right now is leaning toward China which is Vietnam enemy. So Hanoi defense policy in Cambodia might change. They might turn on ah Hun Sen instead

Anonymous said...

3 May 2013 12:44 am & 3 May 2013 1:40 am

This guy knows too much.

Anonymous said...

I never heard such a thing to not allow the use of air force under a treaty agreement. Israel is under a treaty agreement with the US and they still use F-16 over the sky of Lebanon to take out those Hizbollah militant target.

Anonymous said...

I agree and disagree on your observations:

1. Hun Sen and CPP leaderships are corrrupted. His son Hun Manet was hyped up to what he was not. Hun Manet had received excellence military doctrine education. He had no real battle experiences. He's never been in combat himself. When the last rounds of battles with A KA PEK it was General Srey Deuk, General Chun Chanpore, General Hing Bunheang commanded our victorious troops.

2. Khmers WILL NOT suffered the same fate as Pol Pot and his troops. These commanders are ex Khmer Rough, ex Lon Nol. Khmers now had learned their past military blunders. Royal Cambodian Army now are better equipped and trained. They are not fully there yet but still better than Lon Nol & Pol Pot eras. In the past we had PRC backing but at those time PRC was still weak. Now we still had PRC backing but PRC now second ONLY to the U.S. Cambodia had more friends now such as South Korea, Indonesia, France, Checkosloavia, Malaysia, Loas, Vietnam, North Korea, even some Middle East countries. So Siam can't do what ever they want like in the past.

3. Hun Sen want to stire up conflict with Siam at this time because the ICJ is still debating our
request for the INTERPRETATION OF 1962 PREAH VIHEAR VERDICT. Its in our nation best interest not to complicated matters as the court is working on our case. Let those thieving Siam move those border posts for now. It's ONLY TEMPORARY. When ICJ reach verdict and grant us our justices the Khmer -Siam Demarcation Commitees will to use ANNEX I map to demarcate border lines. In this modern day of GPS there is little you can steal land. Use force to move border posts back is not the right answers. We MUST use legal map treaties, GPS,experts, UN, ASEAN, China to have a proper border lines. That what A KA PEK wanted was to have us use our angers to fight them. They know they had the advantage of superior strenghts. Youn had used it on Pol Pot and success for Youn. We MUST not fall into this traps again with Siam. BE PATIENT WITH Khmer government. We must support each others no matter which party you are affiliated with for our nation best interests. Don't hate each others blindly at our nation expenses. Khmers MUST survive for many millennium from now. We MUST think of our future generations not ONLY ourselves.

Anonymous said...

Siam will use their so-called mighty air powers if we intrude into their villages along the borders. Right now only border areas not deep inside Cambodia or Thailand. Cambodia ground forces are better equipped than since 2008. We are barely sufficient only for self defense not offensive but Khmer troops now are sitting duck either. They do had teeth to bite back. Khmers had been beef up their long range artillery systems ( BM-21, 130mm howitzers, 105mm howitzers, some 205mm howitzers, 82mm mortars, 75mm mortars, 60mm mortars, DK-75,
DK-82 and more ammunitions for these weapons lately)
We also quietly obtained more modern MANPAD, SAM missiles, AAA guns. More older MBT T-55 and APC BTR-60 still very effective vehicles against an enemy like Siam. We now had more sniper units been trained by Indonesia KOMPASS Special Forces. So you see Khmers do have teeth to bite back. We still had only for defense postures. This is still our best strategies to discourage, put a hurt on Siam if they try again.

Anonymous said...

Most Viets have thick accent so it is hard for them to speak Khmer very clearly and or other languages. Older generation Viets that been living in Cambodia claim as Khmer because they dislike communism in their country plus most of them were born in Cambodia and they will learn and adapt to Khmer culture. This is called Evolution of Adaptation. The same as Khmer overseas or other nationalities.

Anonymous said...

3 May 2013 1:42 pm. The only different is, the Youn are evil. That is how the Youn butchered the Champa people and the Khmer Krom.

Proclaiming that they have lived there for generation then occupied the land illegaly.

Whereas, the Khmer native and other ethic becomes minority in their own land with no rights.

This is called Vietnamization. First invade, then genocide, then adaption, then agenda and false history.

Millions of lives have been killed since Vietnam left China, and many mroe to come. Hun Sen is ready to kill and create more civil war as he had promised this coming election. The Vietnamese have shown us who they support and many they will kill, during the 1997 Coup, when Hun Sen lost the election.

Anonymous said...

First of all, I am not Khmer-American military expert. I just want to get invole in the conversation.

Thanks for everyone for great debate in understanding of Khmer military leadership deficiency and competency. The goal here is to foster conducive and open discussion about Thai’s military fact, assumption, and restrain. Khmer military leadership must understand Thai’s military course of actions and their TTPs, the disposition of their spectrum of forces (Land, Sea and Air). Understanding these factors, Khmer military leaders must develop and implement counter course of actions in defeating the enemy in well define battle space.

We knew that Thailand have the aerial capabilities to penetrate deep into Khmer territory and into Khmer battlefield and battle space; on the other hand, Khmer military do not have any aerial capability to penetrate deep into Thailand battle territory and their battle space. With these advantages, we knew for fact that Thailand will use their aerial superiority in destroying Khmer military Line of Communication (LOC), infrastructures, and provide Close Air Support (CAS) to their troops in the frontline and battlefield; additionally, they will their airpower in combination with their radar to detect, identify, and destroy any of Khmer mobile and stationary weaponry. Khmer Soldiers are easily targeted and easily killed. Khmer Commanders must not reveal their location when Thailand wants to know where our troops are. Thailand can do this with UVA, spy plane, satellite, and human spies. If so, they will be targeted by Thailand’s air, land, and sea, combine armed firepower.

For example:
During the Gulf War, the Coalition with American airpower; bombed the Iraqi Soldiers to submission; resulting in shell shock and incapacitation. Additionally, the American used their airpower to destroy thousands of retreating Iraqi military convoys. The road was littered with tanks and APC and other hardware.

The British controlled the sea and they built empire. Wars are won by airpower superiority since War World II. Every war strategist understood that. With airpower superiority; came land invasion. Need land to mass ground troops, control the population, and space to live.

These past 11 years Global War on Terrorism, the United States military strategist, changes their DTTPs from COIN to FSO, then to Decisive Action, and now Unified Land Operations. Tactics changes all the time in accordance with new technology and the enemy’s TTPs.

That being said, Khmer military leaders need to understand that our advantage is war of attrition. Wars are not won by hardware; but wars are won by men. Human are more importance than hardware. Thailand politic and society will not endure a pro-long war and conflict with Cambodia. Whereas, Khmers we been there and done that. Preserve our forces for close quarter combat, that Thailand cannot use their airpower superiority in close quarter combat.

Anonymous said...

Ladies and Gentlemen,

If you want to learn more about how Thailand won so many wars with Khmer, please read this book:

The History of Thailand and Cambodia, by M.L. Manich Jumsai, 1970.

You might want to cry after you reading this book. So much Khmer history that was lost and never recorded for our generation to understand our lost history,land, culture, and people.