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   James A. Donald to All   
   Re: Freedom is the freedom to say that t   
   24 Dec 09 04:15:51   
   
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   From: jamesd@echeque.com   
      
   On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:32:35 -0800, Dan Clore   
   > However, the US/UK/UN support for the Khmer Rouge (Pol Pot) began after   
   > the Vietnamese invaded and deposed them. (Technically, this support was   
   > for a Khmer Rouge-dominated coalition topped by a non-Khmer Rouge   
   > figurehead. But the fig leaf is easy enough to see through.)   
      
   Since the intent of that support was to end communism in Cambodia, and   
   the effect was to successfully end communism in Cambodia, no fig leaf.   
      
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