An interesting acnuoct, but as horrific as the Khmer Rouge years were, we Westerners mustn't forget the damage the United States did to Cambodia before the Khmer Rouge came to power. I had been led to believe that US bombing raids were limited to the border region near Vietnam, but in fact the entire country was bombed extensively. Little wonder, then, that the Khmer Rouge were able to convince so many of Phnom Penh's residents to flee.