Talk:Son Sann

Added Ref
Added the fact that he died in 2000 with ref. Any takers to provide references for the rest of the article? Paxse 14:46, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Khmer Rouge or "anti-communist resistance"?
User:Miacek reverted my edit changing his description from that of an "anti-communist resistance leader" to a "Khmer Rouge" leader. He did more than "collaborate" with the Khmer Rouge - according to the Democratic Kampuchea article, Son Sann led the DK/KR 'government' from 1982 to 1992, following Pol Pot's control of the Angka. This made him a leader of the Khmer Rouge. "Anti-communist resistance" is a hallmark of KR propaganda during the time when the KR was soft peddling its 'government' to the USA, which was then furious about its defeat at the hands of North Viet Nam. They described themselves as "anti-communist resistance" to gain Western support, but they had the same goals all along.

Lon Nol, who the Khmer Rouge overthrew, was basically a US puppet, loyal to the USA. He was against Communism, Sihanouk, the Vietnamese, and the Khmer Rouge, but Son Sann did not, at least to my knowledge, take part in the Lon Nol regime. 96.26.213.146 (talk) 02:31, 3 April 2011 (UTC)


 * This is not consistent with the facts. Son Sann espoused an anti-communist philosophy and only allied with KR for political reasons. You need to read more than one article to understand him. Other people will revert similar edits. Cmacauley (talk) 14:14, 3 April 2011 (UTC)


 * "He wasn't a Nazi, he just joined the SS because he didn't want Jews in power".96.26.213.146 (talk) 23:41, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * The problem arose from use of the term "communist". The Khmer Rouge used, as a hallmark of their propaganda aimed at the West, the idea of being "anti-communist", meaning anti-Vietnamese. The Khmer Rouge were, despite their name (see Communist Party of Kampuchea), not allied with the Vietnamese socialists, and were not communist. So "anti-communist" does not have to mean anti-KR. Was he? 96.26.213.146 (talk) 23:44, 3 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Joining hands with the KR, collaborating and even forming a 'coalition government' didn't render Son Sann or Sihanouk Khmer Rouge commanders yet (but accomplices at worst). Just like FDR and Churchill weren't 'Red Army leaders' despite being allied with the USSR when fighting a common enemy. Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 15:27, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Well thank you for clarifying, I won't put it in anymore, but Sihanouk did not collaborate with the Khmer Rouge. They basically forced his hand and he was virtually under house arrest in the palace. He later blamed the US for the Khmer Rouge's rise to power. 96.26.213.146 (talk) 20:45, 5 April 2011 (UTC)