re: indonesia a must read yak "The U.S. is reluctant to get...

re: indonesia a must read yak "The U.S. is reluctant to get involved in a Cambodian tribunal due in part to its own history with the country.

During the war with Vietnam the U.S. secretly bombed Cambodia and supported Pol Pot's regime because it was anti-Vietnamese.

This support continued in various forms - including recognition of the Khmer Rouge in the United Nations and food aid to the group -- throughout the administrations of former presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

American soldiers during Vietnam WarPresident Carter's National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski said later of Cambodia and Pol Pot, "I encouraged the Chinese to support Pol Pot.... Pol Pot was an abomination. We could never support him, but China could."

While the U.S. at times deplored and acknowledged the atrocities committed by Pol Pot's regime, the Cold War threat of the spread of communism throughout Asia pushed various administrations to support the group.

Today, due to an unrelated dispute over international tribunals, the United States is not expected to take part in the Cambodian effort, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice could still authorize U.S. participation in the attempt to bring the Khmer Rouge leaders to justice."

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june05/cambodia_5-09.html