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I've heard some say that the US, perhaps indirectly or maybe unofficially, supported the Khmer Rouge. Is this in some way true? Given that they were a communist party, why would the US support them? What did they have to gain?

by /u/ShelteredTortoise in /r/AskHistorians

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