Grant Peck; 8/4/09
The former chief of the Khmer Rouge’s most notorious prison said his group would not have risen to power in the 1970s if it were not for the policies of the US president Richard Nixon and his top diplomat, Henry Kissinger. Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, made the comments before Cambodia’s genocide tribunal during testimony charting his journey to revolution. He also said he realised early on that the Khmer Rouge would be a disaster for Cambodia.
See: http://www.smh.com.au/world/accused-blames-us-for-rise-of-khmer-rouge-20090407-9zm6.html