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Was the Cambodian Genocide a success or a failure for communism?

Was the Cambodian Genocide a success or a failure for the cambodian communism khmer rouge? also if you can answer these... if it was a success, then what was the failure.. If it was a failure, then what was the success. well what i have to answer for my assignmentis "What were the successes and failures of communism in cambodia" and i was wondering which one the genocide fit under So if genocide doesnt fit in either of those, then what are the successes and failures of communism in cambodia? i still have to answer that question.

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1. The genocide that occurred in Cambodia was neither a success nor a failure for communism. To suggest the deaths of so many Cambodians was a success or failure for communism is to limit the successes or failures of a global phenomenon by that of a regional phenomenon. This type of question automatically assumes that everyone will immediately answer "failure" without seeing the larger picture or the history of the U.S. involvement and its consequences. This is not a matter to be taken lightly or for granted. You may want to look deeper into this history of this conflict, and understand how the bombing of Cambodia by the United States drove the people of Cambodia to support the Khmer Rouge. Yet, to suggest that the genocide that took place in Cambodia was a success or failure for capitalism is beyond the limited understanding that many have due to the conditioning of only accepting communism as being responsible for the deaths of millions, yet refusing to accept the role that capitalist nations had in each conflict in the Cold War. If you are unafraid to take a position, challenge the teacher on such a one-sided homework assignment, and tell him or her the question is inapplicable.