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[–] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] zbyte64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

And Pol Pot got deposed by Vietnam after they kicked the US out. They really should get more credit...

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's another one. They killed a large chunk of their population, didn't they?

[–] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jesus, I'd forgotten just how bad it was.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

And it took until 1997 to arrest Pol Pot. He does of a heart attack the following year.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

They literally only claimed to be communist for a few years out of their decades long rule. They had cia connections. The vietnamese communists overthrew them and installed a communist democracy. But sure, they're communist /s.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes that one, the one with all the Chinese land mines, both countries have done shitty things, there are no good guys

I think I'm going to call people like you Tankards, like a tankie, but with added tard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_mines_in_Cambodia