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by pekk 3960 days ago
The bombing of Cambodia cannot possibly justify anything Pol Pot did to his own population.
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I didn't suggest that it did.

However, in the context of moral outlooks that people form in that sort of environment, Pol Pot's values are quite normal. Many German soldiers formed similar views during the First World War; they were very well informed compared to the Cambodians, and in a position to know better.