Monday, May 4, 2009

King Father's tirade ignores historical record

Monday, 04 May 2009
Written by Dr Naranhkiri Tith
Letter to The Phnom Penh Post

Dear Editor,

I read with puzzlement the article in your newspaper titled "Sihanouk lashes out King Father's tirade ignores historical recordat journalist's war" (April 21,2009). However, I was not surprised at all to hear the former king's tirade against all those who dare criticising him. What is most incredible is the notion that Sihanouk thinks that he is right all the time.

Can he be right when he was an adversary to the Khmer Rouge during the 1960s, then turned to become their ally in the 1970s and 1980s?

Can he be right when he was against Hun Sen and the Vietnamese in the 1980s when he was leading the national resistance movement against the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia, then now he turned to become a close ally of Hun Sen and thanked Vietnam for "liberating" Cambodia?

Can anybody smart enough give me an answer to these questions?

Dr Naranhkiri Tith
Phnom Penh

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