One Reason Why America is Hated

There is a good piece in Pilger's book on the genoicide in Cambodia and how the Americans, British and Chinese protected and supported the Khmer Rouge after the Vietnamese invasion of the country in 1979.1 There was no real change of policy in Washington and London here and it is common knowledge that American, British and Chinese support were, in fact, responsible for the rise of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge and correspondingly for the killing fields that left a third of that country's population dead. What Pilger's report did make me aware of though was that that support did in fact continue after the Vietnamese put an end to the insanity. Pilger delves into the consequences of the West's failure to recognise the government of Heng Samrin, which the Vietnamese helped put into power and how this effectively prevented much needed aid reaching the country. It also meant that the Khmer Rouge, supplied by the West and trained by British and American advisors, could carry on fighting effectively until 1996 and thereby effectively prolong the suffering of the Cambodian people.
Of course, none of this comes as a surprise and likewise the information in another contribution to Pilger's book that the Americans and Australians gave Suharto the green light for the invasion of East Timor and for the genoicide that happened there is hardly a revelation.2 Moreover, Steve Coll's book, "Ghost Wars", which I have previously mentioned, provides a wonderful account of how the CIA, Pakistani ISI and the Saudis facilitated the Taleban's rise to power.3 Support for Saadam Hussein and Iraq during the war with Iran at the beginning of the 80s, help in toppling Allende's democratically elected government in Chile in 1973, unilateral support for the illegal activities of its proxy state in the Middle East, Israel, and unfettered support around the world for a pot pourri of invariably corrupt and sometimes nasty regimes ..... the list is endless, the hypocrisy is blatant and with men, women and children dying every day in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere it all becomes just a little bit offensive as well as being an insult to any thinking person's intelligence.
1 John Pilger edited, 'Tell Me No Lies' pp120-137
2 Ibid pp 174-190
3 Steve Coll, 'Ghost Wars'