The Khmer Rouge created many horrifying memories for
those millions of Cambodians whom survived their reign. The Cambodian ethnicity
has never been a significant culture that attracted me to learn more about it.
However, learning more about the Khmer Rouge, the U.S. deportation of
Cambodians back to Cambodia, and the U.S. and Cambodian relationship has geared
my attention towards this country and its culture and traditions. I find it
amazing how the U.S. can say one thing and do another and the American
citizens, majority of the time, know nothing of it. Reading that the U.S. had
supported the Khmer Rouge was shocking yet at the same time I anticipated such
actions. The fact that many Khmer Rouge officials are working as important
Cambodian government officials surprised me a lot. I figured that when the
Khmer Rouge fell, everyone who was either a part of or associated with such
group was all executed, no questions asked. Yet the trial of such an event has
yet to be taken care of. I understand that Prime Minister Sen and Cambodian
People’s Party chairman Chea Sim has asked for forgiveness among the
Cambodians. I think their apologies were very kind. However, I do not think
that apologies can help get rid of the horrors and memories the Cambodians have
experience or seen during such a period of time.
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