Cry Me a River

Khmer Rouge murderer Kaing Guek Eav reportedly wept when taken to the spot where thousands of his victimes were killed

The chief executioner of the Khmer Rouge wept when he returned to the place where thousands died on his orders.
Around 15,000 people are believed to have been taken from the S-21 torture centre in Phnom Penh, where Duch was commandant, to Choeung Ek just outside the city, known as the killing fields.

While Duch sat smoking on a mat under the trees they were made to kneel at the edge of pits and clubbed on the back of the neck to save bullets.
Duch, 65, a born-again Christian whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, wept and prayed before the tree on which his subordinates dashed out the brains of babies and small children.
"He cried and apologised to the victims," said a policeman who was present during the preliminary session of the international tribunal, which is run under the joint auspices of the Cambodian government and the United Nations.
A group of 80 judges, witnesses and court staff took part in the visit. Duch, whose full trial will begin in the summer, intends to plead not guilty to the murders on the grounds that he was following orders. He and four others face life imprisonment if convicted.

Why didn't you try showing some remorse back in 1975, dipshit? Or were you and Pol Pot too busy trying to "build socialism"?

Even worse than this piece of human excrement are the "progressive" socialists and marxists here in the USA who cheered the victory of the Khmer Rouge in 1975. Did they go to live in Cambodia and enjoy the socialist paradise? No, they stayed in America or in Western Europe and toughed it out in a capitalist democracy. People like Noam Chomsky have not shown the slightest remorse, and many of them have even tried to blame the USA for the holocaust in Cambodia.

This happened while I was in high school and coming of age politically. Jimmy Carter became president in 1977 and spoke of an "inordinate fear of communism". Judging by what happened in Cambodia, the fear was not inordinate, it was insufficient. This is why I have no respect for the left, whatsoever. They deserve none.