Prime Minister Hun Sen blamed the United States for the death and injury of children living in the countries they invade, including Cambodia, during a speech yesterday. Addressing the opening ceremony of the Asia-Pacific Regional Early Childhood Development Conference in Siem Reap City yesterday, the premier said the US caused the abuse of children’s rights and robbed young people of their right to life due to their invasions and deployment of their armed forces abroad.
 

He added that many children have been killed in Iraq, Libya and Syria because of war. Cambodian children and children across Southeast Asia died and became disabled due to US invasions, he said. Experts believe at least 2.5 million US bombs were dropped on Cambodia during the Vietnam War, killing hundreds of thousands of people.
 

“Who did it? We should dare to speak honestly,” Mr. Hun Sen said, referring to the US, who he said caused a civil war in Cambodia and instability in the Middle East. It was not the first time the prime minister has discussed the issue. During the opening of the 2015 Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) conference, which was hosted by Cambodia, Mr. Hun Sen blasted the US and many Western countries for exacerbating the refugee issue and promoting color revolutions in the Middle East.

 

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True words have spoken

A tongue in cheek comment from a country that slaughtered between 1m and 3m of its own people (probably including children)? 

He's looking for guilt money.

I don't think the U.S. ever invaded Cambodia, at least not formally.

 

Bombed them looking for North Vietnamese communist soldiers during the Vietnam war, yes.

 

But hey, the Cambodian Khmer, communist-inspired genocide only killed an estimated 1.5 to 3 million of their own people.

6 hours ago, lvr181 said:

A tongue in cheek comment from a country that slaughtered between 1m and 3m of its own people (probably including children)? 

does that really tip the balance in favour of this?

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The United States dropped 2.75 million tons of bombs, and warring factions placed millions of mines during nearly three decades of conflict in Cambodia. An estimated 4 million to 6 million land mines and other unexploded ordnance still remain in Cambodia from more than three decades of armed conflict.

 

20 minutes ago, Naam said:

does that really tip the balance in favour of this?

 

We get it.  War is bad.  Death to America.

9 hours ago, Naam said:

does that really tip the balance in favour of this?

 

No it doesn't, but people in glass houses should not throw stones either.