Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak
Dear Excellency and friend,
I thank you very sincerely for your letter and for your offer to transport me towards freedom. I cannot, alas, leave in such a cowardly fashion.
As for you and in particular for your great country, I never believed for a moment that you would have this sentiment of abandoning a people which has chosen liberty. You have refused us your protection and we can do nothing about it. You leave us and it is my wish that you and your country will find happiness under the sky.
But mark it well that, if I shall die here on the spot and in my country that I love, it is too bad because we are all born and must die one day. I have only committed the mistake of believing in you, the Americans.
Please accept, Excellency, my dear friend, my faithful and friendly sentiments. Sirik Matak.
2 comments:
His letter made tears of many Khmer people dropped, including myself.
But I think Sirik Matak should have left the country and started fighting the evil Vietnam and its subordinate Khmer Rouge from outside. And at least it gave some hope to Khmer people under the Khmer Rouge to escape and also distract the Khmer Rouge from fully controlling Khmer people.
Allowing your enemy to kill you is not a viable solution.
I have an idea for the US:
In the future the US don't need to invade other Countries. The US should launch a "guerilla war" against them.
For example, after the 9/11, the US chose its time to strike the Taliban whenever the US wanted to. No US or allies troops on the ground. Bomb the Taliban until the Taliban crumbles and swear that they will never dare to do anything bad against the US.
93 Years Old Woman
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