Comments by "Stephen Jenkins" (@stephenjenkins7971) on "Henry Kissinger" video.
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@NguyenMinh-vs1vm That was after the fact when the Khmer Rouge started killing Vietnamese; and it realigned to China. Which, incidentally, led to the Vietnamese-Chinese War which the Chinese lost, but don't talk about.
Also, the breakdown in relations really began when the Khmer Rouge sent raiding parties into Vietnam around 1977. Before that, Vietnam sent immense aid to the Khmer Rouge, and even fought a big war on their side;
"Referring mainly to Viet Cong operating in the border region, the new Cambodian president Lon Nol declared that all Vietnamese troops in Cambodia must leave, to maintain the country's neutrality. The North Vietnamese responded to this request (as well as calls for aid from the Khmer Rouge) by invading Cambodia, quickly conquering over 40% of the country. They proceeded to hand over most of the territory they had gained to the Khmer Rouge, and drastically stepped up support for them; because of both this and the invasion, the Khmer Rouge quickly grew from a few thousand fighters to several tens of thousands in the span of two months.[18] American and South Vietnamese forces attempted to dislodge the PAVN soon after during the Cambodian campaign, but failed, despite inflicting heavy losses. Over the next five years, the Cambodian Civil War raged with the North Vietnamese and China backing the Khmer Rouge, while South Vietnam and the United States backed Lon Nol's newly declared Khmer Republic. PAVN forces would engage Khmer Republic troops inside Cambodian borders many more times during this war in support of the Rouge, such as in Operation Chenla II.
The Khmer Rouge opposition came to power in Cambodia in 1975, shortly before the Fall of Saigon to Northern forces.[15]
Anti-Vietnamese sentiment was high in Cambodia during the Vietnam War; ethnic Vietnamese were slaughtered and dumped in the Mekong River at the hands of Lon Nol's anti-Communist forces.[19] The Khmer Rouge, despite being allied with North Vietnam, later imitated Lon Nol's actions."
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