Thank you so much for your comments and kind words!

Melissa--I'm glad that the contradictions in foreign powers' (including America's) responses to Cambodia was a part of the article that struck you. Americans are famously oblivious to the rest of the world and, until I had the opportunity to travel abroad, I was no exception. (My first stay in Cambodia in 2004 was really my first major trip outside of the U.S.)

Although isolationism has long been a feature of American culture, I now believe it is increasingly dangerous and irresponsible for us to ignore our country's impact on the rest of the world. Seeing first-hand how America had helped create a political situation that led to mass killing in Cambodia, and then proceeded to support a murderous regime because of the Cold War, made me ashamed that I knew nothing of this small country's past. How could my country have played such a pivotal (and destructive) role in Cambodia's history when most Americans I knew couldn't even find it on a map?

And Cambodia is just one country in Southeast Asia. I think many Americans would be shocked to realize the extensive effect, often without much thought, that the U.S. has throughout the world.

I hope my fellow citizens will start to educate themselves about international affairs before it is too late. Needless to say, I am, from afar, watching U.S. election developments with great interest. As are many other people in Cambodia.