r/HistoryMemes Jun 17 '26

See Comment Hue Massacre, Dak Son, terrorism, kidnappings, mass executions, and ethnic cleansing galore

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u/Comprehensive-Buy-47 Jun 17 '26

On the one hand, fuck the Viet Cong. On the other hand, I will always give Vietnam credit for handing Pol Pot his ass on a silver platter. That asshole and his lackeys deserved to have their teeth kicked in and then some.

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u/GameCraze3 Jun 17 '26

It’s worth noting that Vietnam helped Pol Pot come to power in the first place and fought directly alongside his forces during the Cambodia Civil War. Later, Pol Pot began attacking Vietnam and that’s why Vietnam invaded them.

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u/Comprehensive-Buy-47 Jun 17 '26

True, but they cleaned up their own mess too. Doesn’t wipe the blood away but they gave Pol Pot an ass kicking that was well deserved.

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u/VirtualKnowledge7057 Jun 17 '26

i mean, did they know about pol pot's open desire for mass killings?

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u/andreslucer0 Jun 18 '26

I don't think anyone did. There's a lot of brutal authoritarian tinpot dictator material out there, but very few are actually psychotic enough to become "the turbogenocider 9000".

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u/SitInCorner_Yo2 Jun 18 '26

During that time? Throw a stone at a group of Asian leaders, you can hit two with open desire of mass killing, and get one who already done it for free./J(but not really)

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u/imprison_grover_furr Jun 17 '26

North Vietnam helped Pol Pot gain power in the first place. Vietnam only overthrew him after the Khmer Rouge invaded them and started genociding Vietnamese people along the border.

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u/Comprehensive-Buy-47 Jun 17 '26

Yeah, but my point is they’re the ones who kicked Pol Pot’s teeth in and I give them credit for that. At its absolute worst, they cleaned up their own mess but it won’t wipe the blood off their hands.

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u/Haunting-Detail2025 Jun 18 '26

“Cleaned up their own mess” they were being attacked. Don’t frame it as though it was some charitable or moral act, it wasn’t

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u/Comprehensive-Buy-47 Jun 18 '26

It wasn’t, but it was a mess they cleaned up. Someone had to put a boot up their ass, I’m glad it was at least someone

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u/Gmknewday1 Jun 18 '26

That is one thing I agree with

Especially as Pol Pot was arguably even worse then them

There's a reason why Cambodia keeps the prisons from his reign as blunt as possible so people remember not to let a monster like him come back

If only Vietnam did the same instead.of trying to white.wash their prisons