Documentary (2012) 42 minutes ~ Color
During their three-year, eight-month, and 21-day rule of Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge committed some of the most heinous crimes in modern history:
Director: Shane O'Sullivan
During their three-year, eight-month, and 21-day rule of Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge committed some of the most heinous crimes in modern history:
Director: Shane O'Sullivan
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00:00A small country of 7 million people has been a neutral nation since the Geneva Agreement of 1954,
00:07an agreement incidentally which was signed by the government of North Vietnam.
00:12American policy since then has been to scrupulously respect the neutrality of the Cambodian people.
00:31The administration of Mr. Nixon did start what was known as the secret bombing of Cambodia.
00:39Obviously it was secret maybe in the United States, but it was a secret to the people in Cambodia who were the victims.
01:00How many people got bombed out of Cambodia?
01:03Well, none of them.
01:04None of them?
01:05No, I heard it was a nuclear bomb.
01:06Yes, that's it.
01:08That, I think, was just a bunch of...
01:11A nuclear bomb?
01:12A rocket?
01:13Yes.
01:18I just want you to think big, I think we're pretty safe.
01:21From 1969 to 1973, the bombing expanded way beyond the Ho Chi Minh Trail, far across Cambodia.
01:33More than half a million tons of bombs were dropped by U.S. aircraft on Cambodia.
01:40Mr. President, I'm wondering if you, in light of what we now know,
01:43that there were 15 months of bombing Cambodia previous to your statement,
01:48whether you owe an apology to the American people.
01:51Certainly not, and certainly not to the Cambodians.