I fear that the Cambodian media have once again oversimplified the recent fighting with Thailand. The simplified view of the cease-fire is that Trump threatened Thailand with high tariffs if they didn’t stop the fighting, so Thailand caved and signed the cease-fire. Cambodians are now praising Trump as the Great Peacemaker. I have maintained all […]
Author: whatimnothearing
THE CAMBODIA-THAI BORDER FIGHTING DOESN’T ADD UP
Read any article about the Cambodia-Thai border fighting. They all say that it’s about the small, disputed territory around some ruined temples. Other than the temples, there is nothing to distinguish this remote, forested region. However, the narrative is that Thailand wants that land, so they invaded, but the valiant Khmers have resisted resolutely. Preserving […]
WHAT DO CAMBODIA AND GREENLAND HAVE IN COMMON?
Disputed territory in northwest Cambodia Cambodia and Thailand are fighting over the border defined by the French in 1907, and confirmed by the International Court of Justice in 1962. Thailand says they don’t care what the French said or what the ICJ says; they just want to take the land. That reminds me of Trump’s […]
THE EVOLUTION OF CAMBODIAN PRIVATE EDUCATION
Enhancing Pedagogy In Cambodia (EPIC) I just participated in an education conference in Siem Reap, Cambodia. I was pleasantly surprised by a genuine desire to improve Cambodian education, by government officials, NGOs, and foreign agencies. Notably absent was any input from private schools, as though they were not interested in enhancing education. Why? When I […]
TOXIC MASCULINITY IS GENDER DYSPHORIA
What? I’ll bet you never heard anyone make that claim before. But hear me out, as I make my case. My understanding of Gender Dysphoria The basic dilemma is that some people’s physical sex is male, while their mental make-up (gender) is female. Most transgenders will state that they have always been that way; there […]
IT’S NOT RACISM; IT’S RACE HATRED
‘Alligator Auschwitz’, the concentration camp built in the Everglades, really brings out the race hatred in Trump and the MAGA world. Did you see the smiles of jubilation when they described alligators eating 65 million immigrants? While liberals are aghast at the cruelty of the concentration camp, MAGA folks are rubbing their hands in glee. […]
COULD TRUMP PERMIT SLAVERY?
The Courts could not stop him. Suppose Trump suddenly issued a royal decree declaring slavery legal. That’s clearly unconstitutional. How could anyone stop this? The obvious answer should be that the courts should step in and say, “That’s unconstitutional. You can’t do that.” However, the recent SCOTUS decision states that courts cannot do this. So […]
TRUMP’S INSIDIOUS PLAN FOR EL SALVADOR
By dismissing charges, he could keep them there forever. Trump was under pressure to bring Garcia back from El Salvador, but needed an excuse to save face. He conjured up a grand jury to indict Garcia on some charges, knowing that ‘a grand jury will indict a ham sandwich.’ Trump’s TACO image is on full […]
DON’T CALL THEM ILLEGALS
I shouldn’t feel the need to write this, as everyone should be aware that ‘undocumented’ is not the same thing as ‘illegal’. Most of these immigrants crossed the border and applied for asylum. Because of the huge backlog of cases, they are released – legally – until their asylum hearing, which may be a year […]
WHAT’S GOING ON IN GAZA?
I wrote a couple of blogs over the past year, with the following hypothesis: Hamas staged its massacre of Israelis in order to goad Israel into destroying Gaza. This would outrage the international community into finally wiping out the Zionists. To add to this strategy, Hamas stationed its troops in schools and hospitals, forcing Israel […]