The real bombing of Cambodia was to leave the country as devastated as possible. The time line from Vietnam war, which a war of imperilism and genocide, to the rise of Khmer Rough. Khmer Rough and all the horrific events are spawn and created from American and it mastermind Henry Kissinger. They saw the emergence of Pol Pot so they helped escalate the situation to plunge the country into total chaos and help to keep them their. In fact, Khmer Rough is the CIA asset. Pol Pot was just a peasant farmer. The techniques that were used to torture people are finger prints of the CIA trade mark. Pol Pot and Khmer Rough were protected and sanction. He didn't die in action or assasination but rather from natural ailment. Pol Pot was protected and sanction in the Northern border of Thailand where he is kept alive with lavish living with nice home that has satellite TV and a small community. Now who protected him? And why wasn't he put on trial? There will be no trial. If there was one, foreign complicy will be omitted. It's not the Chinese or whatsover that is omitted, it's the United States of course. You can see the pattern being utilize throughout the world that has the CIA involvement, even in south America where the most of the dictators are trained and brainwashed in the School Of America. Most notably is the neo fascism dictator named Agusta Pinochet, the leader of the Operation Condor. In conclusion, Cambodia was purposely destroyed to show international community that communist is bad and Pol Pot was their main man in carrying out this horrific crimes. Moreover, Cambodia served as a smoke screen to the failured war of imperilism, colonialism, capitalism and racism war in Vietnam. It has nothing to do with VC sanctuary in south Cambodia or of that south eastern Laos. The war was already lost long before it started. Blaming Pol Pot is like blaming a brainwashed soldier for taking "order" and doing his "job". When in doubt, look for patttern. Brutal dictator seems to pop out of the blue where ever the US is within vicinity, from Africa to the middle east, to central-south America to the far east.