From 1975 until 1979 the Communist Khmer Rouge seized control of Cambodia, and in that time they tortured and executed 1.7 million people - about a quarter of the Cambodian population.
The world reeled at this horror and few can comprehend the perverted rationale for such action. The regime wanted to revert to a simpler way of life and removed those with even a rudimentary education. Doctors - teachers - business people were culled - and even those wearing reading glasses were marked for death.
What also is beyond understanding is the fact that now - thirty-one years after the Communist regime was toppled - the United Nations is putting on trial the perpetrators of this death regime. But - the trials will not even start until mid-2011 - and those accused are all octogenarians.
Why this delay ! And what punishment can you deliver to those who are now over eighty years old ?
It is said that the wheels of justice grind slowly. It is also true that justice delayed is - justice denied !
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