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War Criminal # 1

December 1, 2023 – 1:46 pm

Written Sep 28, 2016 When I first visited Cambodia in 1998, I arrived at Phnom Penh airport on a comfortable Bangkok Air flight from Bangkok. The previous year the Khmer Rouge had ceased their guerilla war against the government forces and the country was deemed safe for tourism. After landing the plane rolled across the […]

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SIDESHOW by William Shawcross

May 4, 2012 – 8:10 pm

SIDESHOW by William Shawcross When I first visited Cambodia in 1995, I arrived at Phnom Penh’s airport on a brutally sunny day. My sunglasses offered little protection against the glare and I stumbled toward the terminal seeking relief from the heat, then stopped upon seeing a small bus deboarding its young passengers. Every child was […]

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Just Say No

October 18, 2009 – 2:24 pm

Alfred Nobel stated the Nobel Peace prize should go “to the person who shall have done the most or best work for fraternity among nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.” The GOP led by the Palm Beach media magnate Russ Limbaugh and Fox […]

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