Hun Sen Rips Into US Ambassador at New Factory Opening
Cambodia Daily | 6 December 2016
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday ripped into critics of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and suggested that the U.S. look in the mirror rather than criticize Cambodia for cracking down on post-election demonstrators.
“Things that have happened in Cambodia have also happened in the U.S.,” Mr. Hun Sen said in a speech to inaugurate a new Coca-Cola factory in Phnom Penh. “There are always demonstrations after elections in Cambodia [and] this time after the [U.S.] election, demonstrations erupted in the U.S. in many states.”
“Your Excellency needs to look at your country, not just talk about others,” Mr. Hun Sen said, addressing U.S. Ambassador William Heidt, who attended the inauguration. “If what happened in the U.S. last month…is not wrong, it is also not wrong in Cambodia.”
He continued to mock U.S. officials for claiming that its protests—which were organized in cities and on college campuses across the U.S. and in some cases included thousands—were insignificant.
“It is not small. How come you said it was small? You said it was big [in Cambodia], but you said it was small [in the U.S.],” Mr. Hun Sen said, continuing to address Mr. Heidt.
“If you said it was small, can you give me photos?” he added. “I already have them, but I want to know whether the U.S. Embassy, which claims it is the father and mother of human rights, dares to release the truth.”
The tirade against the U.S. ambassador follows Mr. Hun Sen’s mounting rhetoric against foreign interference in Cambodian affairs.
The prime minister said early last month that he hoped to “see Trump win” the November 8 election. Later, he slammed political analysts who he said had unfairly lumped him and Mr. Trump together with world dictators. In a speech last week, Mr. Hun Sen bragged about being the only person in Cambodia to predict Mr. Trump’s victory.
On Monday, the prime minister railed against other Trump detractors, from foreign diplomats to teachers at the International School of Phnom Penh (ISPP) for their alleged biases against Mr. Trump.
“What is remarkable is that when I said Donald Trump would win, they derided Donald Trump,” Mr. Hun Sen said, and quoted opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s criticism at the time—that “birds of the same feather flock together.”
He also turned his attention to ISPP, where, he said, teachers were promoting anti-Trump propaganda.
“All of my grandchildren are educated to hate Trump…all five children [who attend ISPP] came and said they hated Donald Trump,” Mr. Hun Sen said.
An ISPP representative could not be reached for comment on Monday.
Mr. Heidt spoke to reporters after the speech and dismissed Mr. Hun Sen’s criticisms by saying that the post-election protests were no longer a “live issue” in the U.S.
“The day or two after the election, there were probably demonstrations in 20 different cities. I don’t recall any particularly big ones,” Mr. Heidt said. “In America, people aren’t talking about that anymore.”
Can the U.S. get rid of this crazy dictator once and for all? He is getting crazier everyday and now starting to bark like a crazy dog everywhere.
ReplyDeleteWhy did he even compare Cambodia with the USA is beyond common sense. One is the most powerful country in the world, the other is the most corrupted country in the world.
Did the US murder its political commentator and environment protectors?
Did the US put its political opponents in jail?
Did the US have any have political leader who refuse to step down after losing an election and committed a coup?
Did the US have any political leader who is in power for more than 30 years while enrich themselves with the money from the states?
Did the US have any political leader who has a family that owns pretty much everything in the country?
Did the US have any leader who has a body guard unit consists of thousands of elite soldiers to protect him?
Yes, U.S. can easily get rid of Mr. Hun Sen but they won't because he is not crazy.
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_ Mr. Hun Sen did not murder any political commentator nor any environment protectors. Clearly someone else committed the crimes under yet someone else's order.
_ Mr. Hun Sen did not put any political opponent in jail. They committed crimes so the Cambodian court must put them in jail. You can be a political opponent, but you cannot commit crimes such as rape, murder, making fake document for fraud, so on and so on.
_ US has Mr. Trump who would refuse to accept a losing election result. And his supporters would also threaten for a coup. Have you followed the election?
_ US did not have any political leader in power for more than 30 years because most the elected leaders were already quite old when they took office. The youngest one, John F. Kennedy got assassinated so soon after taken the office. This proved that Mr. Hun Sen is extra ordinary for lasting that long. I think Mr. Hun Sen will last for another 14 years before he passes on the leadership to someone worthy of succession, his talented eldest son, Hun Manet.
_ US cannot have any political leader who own pretty much everything in US because US is a large and wealthy country. I am pretty sure most US President's families and powerbases are themselves rich enough to own Cambodia if they want to. Remember, Cambodia is a small and poor country, easily get owned! Hahaha....
US has the secret service in which I believe to be much more potent than Mr. Hun Sen's elite soldiers. Cambodian soldiers are not known to be courage nor good fighters. Case and point:
. In 1971, only a couple dozen North Vietnamese commandoes successfully took over the whole Cambodian Royal Air Force base and destroyed the entire Cambodian Air Force, overwhelm several hundreds Cambodian guards, sentries, personnel. Basically one North Vietnamese can outfight 30-40 Cambodians!
. In 1978-1978, it happened again, 50K North Vietnamese spear-headed into 75k Khmer Rouge and in two weeks, took over Cambodia. Normally you need to be 3 times the number of defenders to succeed, but even the most fearsome Khmer Rouge could not put up much fight. Lon Nol soldiers were a bunch of jokes. Hahaha...
-Drgunzet- (Anonymous10:02 AM) is a Vietnamese or Yuon dog eater going all over the place to spread the shitty stories about his Vietnam (the land of Yuon thieves) to allow the readers worldwide to read the fake Vietnamese history and himself. He did this to improve his shitty images, how incredible he is so that the world knows Vietnam is a fake country stolen from China, Champa and Cambodia. Stay tuned for this -Drgunzet-'s new fake or made-up story in the coming seconds...Let worldwide readers improve their English instead of believing his fake Vietnamese history coming from no where. :-)
ReplyDeleteP.S. Of courses, the U.S. can get rid of -Drgunzet- (Anonymous10:02 AM) who is spamming, scamming, and posting the fake and history of his evil Vietnam (land of thieves) and is always in favor of Vietnamese master-minded killers in Hanoi and Ghost Ho Chi Minh followers along with their Vietnamese puppet Hun Sen the worst human rights violators in the world. LOL