June 12 Cambodian Address

Here is the Cambodian Address where MN GOP Chairman Tony Sutton, State Representative Mark Buesgens (on behalf of GOP-endorsed Gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer), candidates SD67 Krysia Weidell, SD65 Rick Karschnia, me, and CD4 US Rep Teresa Collett each spoke briefly before the guest of honor, Sam Rainsy, Cambodian opposition leader, spoke on June 12, 2010 at 7000 Nicollet Ave Mpls MN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcgOS2gsDLE

According to http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/2881.html China’s strongest allies in southest asia are Burma’s General Than Shwe and Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hung Sen, leader of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), who is opposed by Sam Rainsy.
Prime Minister Hung Sen and his colleagues are suing political opponents, including Mr Rainsy, for defamation, when the opponents only speak the truth.
As late as 1990 Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot received chinese military assistance along the Thai border.
Vietnam threatens to take Cambodian land in a treaty supported by Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Prime Minister Hun Sen entered a disturbing agreement with China called the Comprehensive Partnership of Cooperation which included military aid, in 2006.
Hor Namhong, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, on May 2, reported that China offered a modest number of military trucks and uniforms to the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces to replace US military aid, rescinded because Cambodia deported 20 Muslim ethnic Turks, or Uygur refugees, to China in November 2009, to face government punishment for witnessing and documenting the killing of 197 Chinese in Muslim protests.
In few communities in the world, is it more clear, why the US should maintain relations with it’s allies.
Obama should continue US military aid for allies, even if it’s only 200 surplus trucks and trailers, despite brutal human rights violations by china.
Indeed you might say it is critical Obama should continue US military aid for allies because of brutal human rights violations by China and other communist powers.


In the struggle for freedom, the transition from colonial royalty, and the healing of the country after the 1975-79 genocide, there are 3 things Cambodians might be proud of: your ancient culture, your love of the process, and your treatment of Cambodia’s natural resources

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Cambodia has a culture they can be proud of dating back to the 9th century and preserved for posterity in stone inscriptions at the base of temples. We in Minnesota yearn for such a provenance, and even created our own in 1898 called the Kennsington Runestone.


2. Cambodians are advancing in the use of, and trust of, the party convention process to elect government leaders. Cambodians have a love of the political party convention process as indicated by the alliance between the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) and the Human Rights Party (HRP)
It is noteworthy and instructive, to Minnesotans, that Cambodians are willing to die for a freedom loving party that represents their country – the SRP, and that the SRP’S ally, HRP, is adapting a political party convention system like what we have here in Minnesota (made up of BPOU's - Basic Political Organizational Units).
Some here in MN occasionally dismiss our political party convention system for creating pragmatic and influential political "operatives" and thoughtless "bots" (short for robot). This a short-sighted criticism of a basically transparent and impartial convention system which both Cambodians and Minnesotans value.


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The 3rd thing Cambodians can be proud of is
The protected Mekong River rain forest and the giant catfish - the world's largest freshwater fish. It is a joy to look at the wonderful pictures of this great fish and it’s beautiful river. I imagine the unique Mekong tributary, Tonle Sap, flow in reverse from june to september, from the royal palace in Phnom Penh, to the site of the ancient Angkor Wat temple, 200 kilometers away.


In conclusion I hope for Cambodians' continued success in Minnesota and in business through hard work, productivity, and commerce.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Party_(Cambodia)

The Uygur refugee issue represents probably the one issue we can potentially agree on with China. China supported us against Islamic terror in the very beginning on UN resolution 1441. We should support them when 197 of their people are killed by Muslim protesters. Obama is 180 degrees wrong on this of course, punishing impartial Cambodia for returning the Uygur refugees. We must however verify that the culprits get a transparent fair trial and are treated according to international standards.