Ok, here goes the blog again.
I have finished "Sideshow" by Shawcross which is a detailed account of the Nixon-Kissinger discussions about Cambodia. It is recommended reading. I would say that I think Kissinger knew exactly what he was doing but Nixon did not. What probably evolved was a very convulluted relationship where Kissinger actually made the decisions and Nixon just went along because he was so flattered to have Kissinger as a buddy. It seems to have worked because Kissinger did just about whatever he pleased as Secretary of State without real consideration of the real interests of the USA. Who was he to say what our policy was going to be vis-a-vis Cambodia and Vietnam? What he did was take it out of the hands of the Congress and even his own State Department in order to have his own way. It seems a rather problematic attitude as far as I am concerned. To this day, Cambodians, not just the Khymer Rouge, blame Americans for what went on; they have not been educated to know what was really behind the bombing of the sanctuaries that created the Khymer Rouge. It didn't really create the Khymer Rouge, it gave them impetus to sack the country that they apparently never liked in the first place. Not your real patriots. Cambodia seems filled with such an odd assortment of demons, one wonders
if it will ever return to some kind of normalcy. Right now, from my point of view, I think it probably is about a 50-50 wager as to how decent a county will emerge from these ashes.
As for Hillary being the Secretary of State, I am still for her even though I am aware of the conflict of interest concerns. I doubt that the Clinton Global Initiative has that kind of leverage to be able to influence the Secretary of State; big politics is never that concerned about the little issues; however, because these little issues terrain are the breeding grounds for exploitation and terrorism, it is in these little places, the Clinton's power could be extremely beneficial. I think this resource could be put to benefit the world, especially the world of little issues as well as the world of exploitation and terrorism at the same time.
These are my thoughts for today.
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