POL POT - The Killing Fields - Forgotten History
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- Pol Pot born Saloth Sâr was a Cambodian revolutionary, dictator, and politician who ruled Cambodia as Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1976 and 1979. Ideologically a Marxist-Leninist and a Khmer nationalist, he was a leading member of Cambodia's communist movement, the Khmer Rouge, from 1963 until 1997 and he served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea from 1963 to 1981. Under his administration, Cambodia was converted into a one-party communist state and the Cambodian genocide of an estimated 1.5 - 2 million people was perpetrated. Hosted by Colin D. Heaton. The Forgotten History Channel is a 10th Legion Pictures Production.
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Since we’re doing Communist dictators and this is Forgotten History, how about Mengistu, the Communist dictator of Ethiopia who committed the Red Terror which claimed half a million people, caused a famine that claimed a million, waged a brutal war against the Eritreans and the Somalis when they invaded in the Ogaden War and worse of all, is still living a free man in Zimbabwe.
Great idea. We will consider. Thanks again for watching.
@@FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL wow, that sounds like a horror story
I had not heard of this evil man. I’d like to see the story.
What an injustice!
@@MsBaztastic I know and what’s worse is nobody knows about it.
My Grandparents and Mother survived Pol Pot's Cambodia, my Uncle was born in a refugee camp. The stories I've been told by my mother will stick with me till the day I die. I become livid when I see people in the states (often wealthy) advocate for communism as a solution to our flawed society, it fills me with rage.
This definitely isn't the first video on the topic, and it won't be the last, but my thanks to you for covering it.
Agree with your sentiment. Thanks for the comment.
@ZeonicZaku1-Zeon
I can imagine what you talking about.
I had visited Cambodia in the Spring 2020.
May first destination was Ankhor, but I was also in Pnom Penh, Tuol Sleng, Choeung Ek etc.
One Night I walked along some dark sideroads at night with a bad stomachfeeling, caused I know the history before my visit.
Regards from Germany
In America we have corporate welfare/socialism & rugged capitalism for the people. Corporations & the ultra wealthy dont pay taxes infact they get subsidies & bailouts. Our economy is a house of cards, we dont build anything other than weapons and they are subpar at best. No Hypersonic missiles for the west. To me that seems like a major examples of failure and lets not get started on the F 35, F22 ect ect.😖😤
Cambodia Vietnam, I was there during the war, she is a lady friend close, she is Cambodian. The southern region of South Vietnam is the home to Cambodian people. I met her sister and her father who was a Vietnamese National Police officer. My words to LiLi, the communists will one day rule Vietnam. She laughed at me for saying that, but as we see that did happen. I really do hope that she left Vietnam for better grounds.
@Rudolph Ferdinand The region of modern day South Vietnam that you refer to is known to us as "Khmer Krom" (South Khmer).
The correct term is "Khmer" not Cambodian (especially in Vietnam). Kind of like a Native American's are a modern day U.S. national, but indigenous to the land. We Khmer's never say Cambodian when speaking our native tongue. Cambodia is a term created by the French, which divided all Khmer's.
The Great Khmer Empire (Srok Khmer), encompassed most of South East Asia including modern day Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, Laos, and Vietnam. "Khmer Leur = North Khmer's, Khmer Kondale = Middle of Khmer, and Khmer Krom = South Khmer".
Also look up Funan Empire and The Mon Khmer's.
Just like the indigenous "Khmer Krom" of South Vietnam, till today there's indigenous "Khmer's" in Thailand (Surin), and across South East Asia.
Thailand was originally called "Siam", their country from where they refugeed from. Present day modern mainland China. Thai culture is $tolen Khmer Culture, even after Khmer's help freeing them from enslavement, and granting them asylum in the northwest of The Great Khmer Empire. Listen to how they changed their name from Siam to Thai (which sounds similar to Khmer).
Siamese/Thais are the only ones in South East Asia who coward towards European colonialism.
Division is strong for control, and the 1970s is the Second Genocide of Khmers through Vietnam. Look up The Tae Ong Genocìde, 1850s Khmer's were drowned, burried, and burned alive by Dai Viets ( modern day Vietnamese), to appease their French Masters. This was also after Khmer's helped the Dai Viets (Vietnamese) refugees on the northeastern side of The Great Khmer Empire.
"Men do not die unless they are forgotten." We must never forget these outrages, which are attacks against all of humanity.
Thanks for watching
Aaaamen!
Nhưng các bạn đã quên Việt Nam giúp Cambodia và trung quốc và mỹ đã giúp pollpot như thế nào 😮
Poll Pot, rules for the and not for me. At that point in time I could not understand how a budist and went to a Christian school educated in France could be such a despot. For all the people aspouse communism clearly have not studied the 20th century. This is a great subject. Thanks Colin, great job. Enjoyed.
Thanks for watching
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The easiest way to rule a people is to make them believe that you're fighting for them when, in reality, you're convincing them to fight for you.
It's almost as if he had a break with reality.
@@anng.4542 definitely brain washed.
@@shannaconda3434 I can't even imagine killing so many people and the mind set to do this. He was obviously intelligent.
To do this he was truly a evil person.
I know a guy In Bridgeport Ct who swam across a river full of dead relatives at 11 years old to escape luckily for him he met up with a cousin and was able to escape he has a difficult time understanding American kids complaining He is now in late 50s and works 70 hrs per week Leo love u buddy
Sounds like an amazing man.
Pol Pot is a great illustration of the fact that there is no justice in this life for the worst of us. It draws me into believing that there has to be an afterlife, both for the evil and the righteous.
It's hard to believe there isn't a reply to your message yet. Perhaps it's because people don't understand it, even though it has 26 likes. There might not be justice for some of those who orchestrated these types of atrocities on humankind here on earth, but the Bible teaches that we are all made of body and soul. Even if judgment doesn't occur here, be sure in the life hereafter, the Lord Jesus Christ will judge both the living and the dead. If it is found that a life was spent practicing evil, that soul will be cast into the lake of fire, prepared for the devil and his demons, for everlasting torment. However, if one has been predestined to graciously receive faith by God the Father in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, as a free gift, Jesus the God man redeems the elect for their life of sin by willingly giving up His own life as a substitution for our sins on the cross, and in doing so, redeeming us from Satan's slave market of evil. We are now regenerated (born again) by God's Holy Spirit receiving a new heart, washed clean by His blood and justified (forgiven) through faith in Jesus Christ, and adopted into God's family. We receive Christ's perfection by being imputed with His righteousness. When God the Father looks at the cross, He sees us hanging there, and when He looks at us, He sees Christ. So now, because of faith in Christ, we are justified and freed from the penalty of sin. We are being sanctified during this life on earth from the power of sin as God comes and lives inside of us helping and guiding us through His Holy Spirit, and one day, when it's all said and done, we'll join God in heaven in glory, free from the presence of sin. That's the gospel-the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who saves us from hell. He died on the cross, was buried in a tomb for three days, and on the third day, He was resurrected from the dead, defeating death. He appeared to over 500 people after His resurrection and ascended to heaven, where He is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Him to judge the living and the dead. If you haven't yet please do read the first four books of the New Testament (the second half of the Bible)-Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John-which tell all about Jesus's miraculous conception, virgin birth, His life, miracles, crucifixion, death, resurrection, and ascension to heaven, proving that He is, in fact, God. I pray this message reaches you in time for you to look into Him and find the answers to your questions, for the sake of your eternity. In Jesus' mighty name, the name above every name. Amen. 🙏🏼✝️🤍
During the Pol Pot Regime, I was six years old. I had nothing to eat was what I knew. The most important thing was that the people in my village told us to leave because we all would be killed. With this info, we escaped from the village. When we were escaping I saw the Vietnamese everywhere. I was told by my parents that they were Vietnamese soldiers I didn't even know what did Vietnamese soldiers mean because I hadn't known this country either.
Do you live in Phnom Penh ?
Spent all day at work (dont tell Mr. Bossman) watching and listening. Your topics covered are interesting, and the information is relayed in a way thats easy to digest. I appreciate your willingness to go against the mainstream leftist ideology attempting to suppress, or outright silence history.
I appreciate that
It just blows my mind how one man can cause so much death and suffering and have so many will follow him. Just one man in different time in our history.
Agreed
100% 😔😭💔❤️🩹
Pol pot and Mao. And Lenin or Stalin for that matter.
He had a bit of help. The video concentrates on Pol Pot, but there were a number of leaders in the Khmer Rouge.
These men included Ieng Sary, Nuon Chea (died 2019 in prison), Khieu Samphan - who is still alive and in prison, and Kang Kek Iew (better known as Comrade Duch. Duch ran s21 and was the first Khmer Rouge to be imprisoned. He died in 2020.
Pol Pot could not poasibly have died of heart problems. He didn't habe a heart.
I saw "The Killing Fields" in college. I'm sure the film didn't capture how horrifying the reality of it really was.
Yes exactly
This segment of history won't ever be forgotten by this subscriber. Great presentation!
I'm Cambodian and my family came to the United States in 1979, after the Vietnamese invaded. Till today I'm still traumatized by the war, at times waking up in cold sweats.
Terrible. Sorry to hear it
@@FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL Cambodians and their children that survived The Killing Fields experienced another bloody war here in urban America.
Upon arrival, we were easy targets for criminals, robbery, kidnapping, rapist, violent racist, and murder. Some were established gangs in the area. Cambodian gangs had to form to protect their community from violent racist from the 1970s - 1990s.
The East Side Long Beach Longos Gang brutalized and preyed on the Cambodian Community (including small children, woman and elderly) of Long Beach California since the 1970s.
Cambodians came together for protection due to lack of police and government invovlement, in 1981 created The Tiny Rascals Gang.
Tiny Rascals protected/defended the Cambodian Community, and made it possible for Cambodians to walk around and survive Long Beach during that deadly time of the 1980s - 1990s.
The Tiny Rascals (TRG) put the East Side Longos Gang in their place, minimizing assaults, robbery, kidnapping, rape and murder of innocent Cambodian civilians (non-gang members).
In the early 1990s, The East Side Longos went to the Mexican Mafia for assistance in the racial war they created with Cambodians of Long Beach. In which, the Mexican Mafia put a "green light" (kill on site) for ALL Asians ethnicities in prison and streets of southern California. This included ALL Asians that are non-gang members.
Cambodians, TRG and ALL Asian ethnicities survived and triumphed the overwhelming odds of the "green light" from the Mexican Mafia prison and streets system.
The green light no longer exist on Asians anymore. The Mexican Mafia was never able to tax Asians like they do to most Mexican/Latin gangs of southern California.
East Side Longos Gang (ESL) can not openly target Cambodian civilians like they did in the past anymore. This is mainly due to the Tiny Rascals Gang.
TRG and ESL are still in a gang war till today, which goes from the streets of Long Beach to the CA prisons..
@@TheRds797 Thank you for explaining the history and origin of Cambodian gangs. But as so often happens, these kids can end up turning to crime themselves. We are still seeing the destructive results of the gangs that continue to attack innocent citizens. But now we have political gangs, as well, and this "defund the police" and "no bail" policies that leave citizens unprotected. But as destructive as the gangs are, not all Americans are like that. Thank you for being such a credit to our country.
@@anng.4542 you're welcome.
This is just one city in America. First Cambodian gang probably goes back to Stockton CA mid 1970s called MWS (Master Weed Smokers). They were men not kids, and were ex-militia from Cambodia.
Since the 1980s, Cambodian gangs have sprouted all across the United States as well, like NYC, Boston, Philly and the list goes on..
Most urban environments are poverty stricken, and have similar situations. I agree with you, the powers that be play puppet ma$ter controlling US. And Cambodians were placed in these crime infested environments. My family has made it out the ghetto, college degrees, business and home owners now.
I also agree and have experienced, most Americans are not like that. Like my family's sponsors who helped us in a tremendous way upon our arrival.
That's the REAL American people who showed us love, support and the western culture.
Much love and God bless US all!
@@TheRds797blue cities all of them, poverty, drugs and gangs fester on these parts
40 years ago I had a coworker named Lundi, he was Cambodian, and a sweet and gentle man. We used to joke around about my big nose and his flat nose. I can't recall how that subject ever came up, but it would make us both laugh. 😂 When asked about his life in Cambodia, I remember him saying, "Damn Communists!" I hope Lundi is doing well, haven't had contact since the mid 80's. I remember my coworker telling me his name, Lundi, was French for Monday.
The doctor's book is tough to read but does a great job describing the living hell under Pol Pot.
Thanks for watching
Hello Professor. I thoroughly enjoy your very well-made and informative videos and have learned a great deal by watching them.
I am from Pakistan and both my grandfathers, maternal (Royal Indian Navy, Mediterranean campaign) and paternal (The Indian Army, Burma campaign) saw action in WW2. My maternal grandmother's first cousin was a young Indian Army lieutenant who was captured by Romme's Afrika Korps in North Africa early during the war. He spent almost two years in a PW camp with French prisoners and learned to speak fluent French!
The Subcontinent provided a little over a million volunteers to fight for the King Emperor. They saw action all over Europe, North Africa and the far east but very little is spoken of them when it comes to WW2 history. There was even an association of "Indian Victoria Cross Recipients" comprising of both Pakistani and Indian veterans of the conflict. I believe all of them have passed on by now.
My grandfather who was in the Royal Indian Navy brought back the Italian Fascist symbol, The Fasces, from Italy. He took it off a derailed Italian locomotive. We still have it in our family. All bronze about 10" x 5".
Excellent history. See our video on Umrao Singh. Thanks for watching.
@@FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL I will. Thanks.
You should do a presentation of Rhodesia now called Zimbabwe which became failed state and also South Africa another failed state once prosperous. Has many parallels with modern day western countries and the resuots of allowing the encroachment of Marxism.
Yes, Robert Mugabe would be a great show. Thanks for watching.
Even Americans will not forget the innocent people of this region under pol pott . 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼 is needed.
I think that this is less forgotten than swept under the rug. I think that there are some “ educators “ who push the idea that socialism/communism are a better alternative to capitalism. And as a result, it is vital that the atrocities committed by communist regimes covered up. If more people understood the true nature of Pol Pot, Che Guevara, and Chairman Mao, they might not view them favorably.
Sar or Poll Pot when returning from France joined something called "The Organization" it was not called the Khmer Rouge. The Organization was seen with Maltese Cross Flags before they renamed themselves the Khmer Rouge. It is not at all surprising the Sar went to a Catholic school early in Cambodia ,that he went to college in France( which recently controlled Vietnam), or that he was a school teacher that murdered other teachers if you understand the world. Sar did not do all that killing himself and The Organization is something still being investigated by people that want to know. Other mass murdering school teachers right here in the U.S. would be William Quantrill who decide one day to just quit killing after everything was covered in the blood he spilled ;another part of history that the writers hide .
Show idea for Forgotten History. I was wondering if you guys have ever done a story on the Portland Shanghai Tunnels where thousands of people were kidnapped and used as slaves on merchant ships. No one knows how many people were taken but some people say as many as 3,000 a year at its height.
We have not, but that's a great idea. We were going to leave the topic of slavery alone for a while though because it's causing too much hate and discontent...
@@FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL Copy that... keep up the good work 👍
@@FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL sounds like some good engagement. Let us not forgot the slaves nor that so many of us are they now
I was 16-19 years old when all this transpired. It really blew my mind and still affects me to this day.
This event is sadly Unknown to too many people- thank you for providing this content.
Thank you kindly
US and China were effectively semi-allied at this point during the pol pot regime. The US government continued to vote to retain Pol Pot's seat at the UN even after being ousted. It also continued to pretend it was not supporting mass murder all while its actions clearly spoke otherwise.
Thanks for watching.
I think you guys should do a presentation on Leopold, the second in his massacre of the Congolese people, my ancestors. Love your channel love your work peace and blessings.🙇🏽♂️🙏🏽
We plan on doing one on Leopold II and the Congo criminals. Thanks for watching.
PolPot, educated by the french university Sorbonne under Derrida, Sartre and a host of misguided deviants.
🙏🇦🇺🕯️
This is a great video! I grew up in Lowell Massachusetts and if anyone knows about Lowell we have the second highest population of Cambodian people in the country. I grew up with many Cambodian friends and until this day i still have many Cambodian friends. I have heard the stories first hand about the terrible thing that happened under the Khmer rouge. I am new to your channel and as a avid history nerd i must say that i like it a lot! Thank you for the great content and keep the videos coming.
Thanks for watching.
Quite a lot of Cambodians in Washington state as well. I knew a few growing up and there was a couple gangs around as well in the early 90s.
Long Beach California has the largest population of Cambodian people. A place I can proudly say was Home. It was a place of such diversity and yet a neighborly feeling.
@@pbohearn yeah long beach then my city Lowell! I have been to kong beach more than once and it's a great place for sure! Thanks for sharing 👊☘️
You are in the top 5 best channels on you tube!
Thanks for educating me. I had no idea what took place after the US withdrew from the conflict in 73. I looked at the bones of of these folks in your video and it filled my heart with grief. Some days I wish to cease from being a human... just to disappear altogether. Its too much sometimes.
Sad that Pol Pot died a peaceful death and never stood trial for his atrocities.
Agreed.
So did Pinochet. Why? Because the West protected all these individuals including Stalin.
Thank you for another excellent video. These videos ought to be shown in schools.
I am a combat vet , and my good friend I got hired at my job is from Cambodia , his mom lived through pol pot , and I love his stories , he’s a good guy , a climber , welder , fabricator , 3d printer , and a American now !!
Thank you very much for making this!
I didn't know the gruesome details of Vietnam despite my uncle, serving during the Vietnam war there .
thank you for creating this informative video. I didn't know much about pol pot. May all rose that were killed or forever affected find peace. 🙏
Thanks for watching.
@KATHERINE WHITS been over 40yrs and not a day goes by that I don't forget, sometimes waking up in cold sweats.
I have a relative who survived this. She eventually escaped to Thailand and now lives in Monterey Park, CA. It is heartbreaking what she went through.
Where Communism goes, Hell follows.
On a side note, are you going to do a Vladimir Lenin video? His legacy is especially important to explore all the gruesome details of because he's the top favorite leader of the Marxists and more people need to know just how cruel and monstrous he really was.
Bootlicker
Being extremely religious for centuries, it makes ironic sense that the Khmer Rouge came to power among Cambodians. Buddhism embraces peace to an extreme degree - the KR embraced violence to an extreme degree. What the two had in common was their ascetic denial of worldly things. Aside from peace vs violence, where they were most opposites were in terms of fatalism, passivity, and dependency on the side of traditional Cambodian society vs the maniacal independence and totalitarian control of the revolutionary Khmer Rouge. The crucial thing to understand is that old Cambodia's extreme passivity rooted in Buddhist ideals made it completely unprepared for the fight against the KR's hyper-aggression both on and off the battlefield. More importantly, old Cambodia's extreme passivity psychologically opened the door to Khmer Rouge domineering urges and vengeful rage in the first place. Ultimately, Cambodia in the 1970s was a society out of balance attempting to right itself by going to the opposite radical extreme.
One can see the ritualistic overtones of Buddhism twisted and regurgitated as "Angkar" - the death-dealing and ultimately self-destructive social machinery that was Khmer Rouge Cambodia. But more relevant to why it all came about was psychology, not spirituality - above all, deep-seated sado-masochistic urges rooted in countless generations of extreme governmental corruption and exploitation alongside Cambodia's unique combination of impoverished hardships and bountiful food resources.
In this paranoid, insular, highly politicized and militarized quasi-religious cult - with Pol Pot as their cult leader - Cambodia both turned inward *into* itself and inward *against* itself. In it's auto-genocide and in it's brutal, hopelessly inept slave camps lay the Khmer Rouge's sadism and masochism intertwined.
As with so many societies in the last 100 yrs, radical religiosity and their ultra peaceful nature was a double-edged sword for Cambodians - a curse as much as a blessing.
I remember Pol Pot’s regime and the killing fields. A young lady from our church went to Cambodia on trips to help do work a few years ago and learnt about it. She was so angry about it. Have you done the South African regime tyrant yet? I forget his name.
Not yet, there were several.
@@FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL Idi Amin
I think he was Ugandan.
@@cherylcarter6426
Idi Amin was from Uganda not South Africa.
@@phornthip1991 Yes, I corrected that in the last comment. Thank you
I've been to Toul Sleng and visited Cambodia a few times and even worked there. Such a beautiful country with even more beautiful people. Sadly , spoilt by politics in the past and again now by chinese manipulation. Will be back there again in Jan '24. Nothing but love from here ( UK ) to friendliest people in the world ❤
I think you are missing out a lots of detail about this. First of all the Vietnamese army did not invaded Cambodia, but they are liberated Cambodia from
genocide. Plus pol pot bakup by China invaded Vietnam and killed a lot of Vietnamese woman and childrens. I still don’t know why a lot of Cambodians people still think Vietnam invadedtheir country, but not liberate the country.
Depends upon one's perspective
Excellent video and footage.
Thank you very much!
❤❤❤love your channel…and that you dont ruin the narration with music❤❤
Vietnamese are some tough people to be able to fight the French, Americans, Cambodia, and Chinese enough to secure victories.
Can't argue that
I REALLY wish you had mentioned that the Khmer Rouge was using political prisoners as livestock for organ harvesting. It may be where other countries got that idea today.
@Reneelwaring
The same doing China until today.
Another video would be helpful explaining who supported and opposed Pol Pot. Why did America support Pol Pot? Why did Vietnam invade Cambodia? Why did China invade Vietnam? Why did the Soviet Union support Vietnam?
That would be a long video... Thanks for watching
The university industrial complex and the liberal media in conjunction with people like Jane Fonda were sympathetic to the communist cause.
This is very good question. It had better if we know more detail 😂
The problem with that is that there are multiple layers of why it can get very complicated and confusing extremely quickly.
Once again, the US is found on the wrong side of history. Supporting French colonialism, thwarting the democratic process in Vietnam, giving aid to the Khmer Rouge.
Colin, I have gone down this rabbit hole of history today and after seeing many videos on this I have found many many commentators praising pol pot, have you found this aswell? It’s actually very concerning how common it is
Yes I have, it's sickening.
@@FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL I’d really like to know why these people do exist, are they hired by a government or do they have like strong ties with the khmer or something?
Vietnam being the hero, liberator and savior of the Cambodian people
History always repeats itself. Keep up the great videos.
Thanks for watching
This is not forgotten history to me. I was part of the humanitarian demining effort in the mid 90s in Cambodia. I could see then what this man had done to his people, and they still suffer to this day. I could never forget that.
An excellent overview of an area of the Southeast Asian geopolitical scene that is often overlooked and overshadowed by Vietnam.
Thanks for watching.
Excellent reminder.
Thanks for watching!
I really like your short documentaries. Your presentations remind me of that television character Sgt. Jack Webb in the series called "Dragnet"....just the facts, sir!
Not forgotten by any means.
I don't think anyone forgot. I certainly didn't. I don’t think many people ever knew.
Thank you for always being the most sincere Historian 🤍
Thanks again!
Colin - OMG !!! My God !! The evil of dictators and godless communism. Thanks for this report !!
You failed to mention how many innocent people were murdered by US bombing raids in Cambodia and the many thousands that are killed and maimed by unexploded ordnance.
Those killed were collateral damage to kill NVA and VC using it as sanctuary. And most of those civilians were guerrillas.
Actually about 200 people were released from S21, but many were rearrested later. When the camp was liberated in January 1975 there were 7 adult survivors and a number of children.
Some of the survivors wrote short books about their experiences.I visited in 2012, and two of the survivors were there and would talk to tourists about their experiences. I think also to sell their books.
and then the Cambodian are still being ungrateful toward the Vietnamese. It wouldnt be a Cambodia nowadays if it wasnt' for Vietnamese
Thanks for watching
How did you get stock image for this video? Did you purchase it?
We rarely purchase, but use copyright free stock footage from archives and open sources.
My sister in law's uncle was part of the Khmer Rouge. Apparently he still talks about the genocide like the good ol days and still thinks he was on the right side of history.
Very early in 90s a teacher i had said that Mao,Stalin and Pol Pot was amd i qoute " kind honest gentlemen that we should learn much from " what she said about Reagan , Bush Sr and Thatcher etc was not to public write about,
When the Wall fell down, she got a nervous breakdown and no more teaching in Norway she did .
Glad I found this channel
Thank you kindly
China supported Pol Pot. We must not forget that.
Brilliant. The video is astounding. Smile and keep clapping.
Pol Pot From Privileged Family
Wanting a Agrarian Paradise.
Thanks for watching.
"To be an enemy of the United States is dangerous. To be a friend of the United States is fatal..."
Henry Kissinger
Thanks for watching.
Is this the type of re-education (reprogramming) That Hillary Clinton is suggesting?
Bingo 🎯
The "Red terror" is indeed a founded nightmare...
I cannot blame why the older generations see things differently than some of us today....
Nice and educational video as always, Professor.👍
Thanks for watching
Great video! I never knew Vietnam invaded Cambodia and China invaded Vietnam as retaliatory strike, but i did know china got their asses handed to them and humiliated by the Vietnamese.
Yes and unfortunately there is a lot of propaganda around Vietnamese by Cambodians claiming Vietnamese as the “enemy” it transcends furthering the tension with other conflicts.
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Can you make a video on German technology if you don't have one already? I know its a taboo subject as is all your content. One example would be the craft flyover the Capitol in 1952. Also the Battle of Los Angeles. (Not directly related)
A reference I'm thinking of is William F. Tompkins, now deceased. He worked at all the major defense contractors over the years and shared a plethora of information
Great suggestion. We will consider
@@FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL Awesome! Thank you for the quick response
A very forgotten atrocity unless you were alive during the mid 70s-80s.
Boss of Cambodia you was gone in now us still alive but for all lose at all in eyes on everyday . Doesn’t believe for following by truth of enemies
Why was Pol Pot never tried for his crimes?
No, he was not
May God hold close the hurt souls and heal the weight that Pol Pot birthed upon his own. Special place for such folk as this.
Just here to help the algorithm
Thank you kindly.
We appreciate it
Thank you Sir. We are not fucking lying down EVER!
Thanks for watching.
Even a cursory review of history reveals a telling trend: Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, Franz Fanon and many others who later went on to lead insurgencies against colonial rule were all educated in the best universities said colonial powers had to offer. If the history of European colonialism is one of unrelenting oppression, why then would any local ever be afforded such a privilege? Could it be that there was an intent to bestow the benefits of Western civilization (via an advanced education) upon those deemed worthy of such an investment (a benefit many Europeans would have given their eye teeth to procure)? In the hopes that the better aspects of Western civilization might benefit and enlighten the peoples of said colonies? Make no mistake, I am not defending the practice of colonialism, but it is altogether possible that those with an agenda to subvert and undermine Western civilization have projected a sinister aspect where there may not be adequate justification for such. The world in which we live is not black and white; people in years past did the best they could with the knowledge which they had available at that time. The presentism which currently taints every aspect of our lives is just another aspect of Maoism; best to recognize it as such and move past it.
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5:50 elon?
A devastating account of a madman and his total destruction of his own country who never faced any accountability for what he had done, annihilating 25% of the population. And the world did not demand his accountability.
Just what the hell did he studied in paris? The university of self destruction?
" Vocabulary " 😬 that his close to home.
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My hands are still shaking and my hair turned white!
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I remember Noam Chomsky bemoaning the so-called holocaust while simultaneously disregarding the actions of Pol Pot as not even worthy of criticism.
Chompsky is a Polish Roman Catholic pretending to be a Jew.
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Great job Colin, what a horrible man,, all lowercase!!
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Keep speaking the uncomfortable truth. Censorship is rampant.
Undeniable facts.
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The doctor who acted in The Killing Fields was later shot dead during a robbery in the US😢
Wow
Great video! Horrible story. Necessary for people to know!
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Do a video about the hmong and the secret war in Laos.
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because communism
I thought we agreed to never talked about the killing fields of the Fun Center
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And to state a few facts:
Capitalism and the United States WON the Cold War while the Soviet Union disintegrated under its own weight without a single shot being fired; Socialism is the obsolete ideology that failed miserably in Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Grenada, Vietnam, North Korea, East Germany, Yugoslavia, Libya, Sri Lanka, Chile, Hungary, Nicaragua, Poland, El Salvador, Mozambique, Romania, Honduras, Mongolia, Bolivia, Afghanistan, Angola, China (which has been Capitalist in everything but name since the economic reforms of 1964 by Deng Xiaoping), Russia (of course), and everywhere else it has been tried.
Capitalism continues to be the best and only option while Socialism continues to be the worst, the most failed and most lethal after having caused at least 120 million deaths in less than 90 years which would translate in more than 1 million deaths per year.
BTW, how come reds keep bitching about American "imperialism" but never mention Chinese imperialism in Vietnam or North Korea? Or Soviet imperialism in Afghanistan, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Hungary, East Germany or Yugoslavia? Or Cuban imperialism in Angola, Mozambique, Grenada, Nicaragua or Venezuela? Or Yugoslav imperialism in Albania?
And let's finish with the Socialist prayer:
If it's a Socialist atrocity, it never happened
If it happened, it wasn't that bad
If it was that bad, they deserved it
If they didn't deserve it, mistakes might have been made
If mistakes were made, that wasn't real socialism.
What are we doing to each other?
Good question
Can't wait to see your video on Netanyahu..
Maybe, but he would have to do something to qualify on this level.
Never again right
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