The late Joma Sison may look like Ho Chi Minh (to a certain extent), but Ho Chi Minh he ain't! What I missed three days ago was the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge Genocide . Pol Pot may have succeeded in taking over Cambodia BUT he was inept. The Khmer Rouge regime only lasted for FOUR YEARS -- while killing A LOT MORE PEOPLE than the tyrannical Marcos Empire that ruled the Philippines from 1973 until it was toppled during the EDSA Revolution of 1986. Reading about the Khmer Rouge shows one thing -- Pol Pot was indeed AN IDIOT at so many levels! Plenty of Pol Pot's programs weren't even sustainable. Pol Pot could be classified as an INGGITERO. Pol Pot's desire for his Communist Utopia was built on IDEALISM -- similar ideals that the CPP-NPA carried. The CPP-NPA would've caused a Khmer Rouge-type regime if they took over. What would Joma possibly do if he became supremof the Philippines? Presumably the same stupid things Pol Pot did. Maybe even dumber. Joma wo...
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