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Pol Pot Part 3: Vietnam War, Cambodian Revolution
Real Dictators
The US Bombing Helped the Khmer Rouge
There's no doubt that the US bombing helped the Khmer Rouge recruit lots of people, says Peter Bergen. As the B-52s do their damage, Pol Pot remains deep in the jungle, flying under the radar,. The Khmer Rouge has grown from fewer than 5,000 poorly armed guerrillas scattered across the Cambodian landscape to 50,000 operatives by 1972. For many, life under the Khmer River, for now at least, is no worse than it has been recently, even if it's not noticeably better.
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