Well, now I am reading "The Gate" by Francois Bizot, the only Western survivor of the killing fields. He postulates that the only reason he survived is because his ïnterrogator" allowed this but he, Francois, does not know the reason. "The Gate" is an analysis or a list of surmisings of why he, Francois, thinks "Douch"let this happen. "Douch" is the Cambodian Khymer Rouge. All of this material that I have read is excellent in helping the rest of us understand what makes up a "genocide". Uganda and the Balkans have not shared so much of their experience with the rest of the world as have the Cambodians and for this they, the Cambodians, are to be admired and respected.
I'm not at all sure that I am supposed to put this down on my Blog, but I am going to do it anyway. I have over-heard conversations where it was said that the Khymer Rouge have a "bad gene". Does this mean that during the cold war there was actual experimentation going on in some countries? This is a subject that nobody will cough up.
Tomorrow, I am off to Sihanoukville and the beach for a few days before I head back to Thailand and then Kathmandu. Now, my perspective on the situation there has really changed. I think the Nepalese Gov't is not going to do anything about the human rights situation which means it will only continue as it is. In the countryside, it is a deplorable situation where the farmers, teachers, parents and school children are at the mercy of the Maoist big shot who lives somewhere around there too. Why the Gov't doesn't do anything is a mystery to me because I think the USA has made it fairly clear that they would be willing to help a Democratic Nepal deal with the situation; so has the EU. The UN is moderating the situation right now and it is a protracted scenario, but what isn't known is if it is on a dead-end street. Not even the American
Ambassador seems to know.
The new Thai Prime Minister says that the Garuda should stay as it is and not be changed.
These are my thoughts for today.
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