Peer 1

I agree with you on the issue of how the United States continues to develop and help catalyze the growth of insurgent groups such as what happened with the Khmer Rouge. Your position on this is very clear and I would like to add that the situation in Afghanistan, over the last 20 years since September 11, and recently when the US forces withdrew from the country, has likely weakened the country. At present, the act of the US playing global police should be addressed keenly by not just academic bodies but also policy makers in various capacities. I pose this question: Do you think Russia’s activities in Eastern Europe in Chechnya and Ukraine are comparable to What the US has done in Cambodia and most recently in Afghanistan? If yes, will this lead to weakened countries and coups instigated by political groups?

Peer 2

Yes, US bombings on innocent people in Cambodia led to increased hatred for not just the US but also the Cambodian government. I add that the involvement of the government in helping US forces to bomb villages and to drive away political groups, and the later collaboration with the Khmer Rogue on different capacities lead to an uprising. This has been a pattern that the US has used in Iraq, Libya, and in Afghanistan in recent times. History is yet to judge these American policies on foreign nations, yet organizations such as NATO and the United Nations stand by as these senseless murders continue. Is there a way for the United States to be held accountable on account of the murders and its involvement in toppling governments and training rogue groups that later become insurgents?