The Puppets

The Puppets

There is no doubt that Hun Sen has gained his power as Cambodia’s ruler resulting from the Vietnamese invasion in 1979. The answers to why Vietnam invaded Cambodia have been debated and are still being debated nonstop for many years. Those who are on Hun Sen’s side say that the Vietnamese came to save Cambodia; those who are against Hun Sen say that the Vietnamese invaded Cambodia for its owns purpose—to create the Indochina Federation under full control of Vietnam.

The debates will go on forever, but the truth of the matter is-- Hun Sen is Cambodia’s Prime Minister.

If we believe that Hun Sen (and his CPP) is a Vietnamese puppet, a Vietnamese dog who runs Cambodia for his master, Vietnam; why should we be upset with Hun Sen? Why do we get angry with the puppet and not the puppeteer? Is it easier for us to beat the up the puppet?

When we acknowledge that Hun Sen is the puppet, we can reasonably believe that the puppeteer (Vietnam) can simply replace Hun Sen with another puppet, can’t it? Then what are we going to do with the new puppet? Get rid of that puppet again, right? I guess what I am trying to ask here is when will Vietnam stop employing its puppet, if its goal is to swallow Cambodia or to wipe out Cambodians from the surface of the earth?

Unfortunately, Hun Sen is not the only puppet that we need to deal with but Vietnam has millions of puppets who help Hun Sen run Cambodia. What are we going to do with those puppets? Get rid of them?

I am not asking you how we are going to get rid of them; I am asking do we need to get rid of them, too?

If we are able to get rid of them all, then how many Cambodians will remain in Cambodia?