This week, our class was given a project about a dictator of our choice who ordered a mass genocide. Suprisingly, there are many dictators that did this. We chose our groups and chose our dictator. We were given a Cambodian dictator named Pol Pot. At first I had no idea who he was, but as I researched more about him, I learned more about the horrible things he had done. At first, Cambodia had a stable government. But when Pol Pot overthrew the leader of Cambodia, hell broke loose. He started ordering attacks on the neighboring Vietnamese. This proved helpful to the Americans who were currently battling Vietnam. But as time progressed, Cambodia proved to be ruthless as well. Pol Pot, ordered mass graves to be dug by the prisoners themselves, literally digging their own grave. This was similar to Hitler's ideals. However, Pot hated educated people, especially those who could fluently speak other languages. This was extremely hypocritical, because Pol Pot himself earned a Masters degree and could even speak fluent French. Over 20,000 mass graves have been discovered in Cambodia. Pol Pot surrendered to the Vietnamese after thet took over Cambodia's capital. After the end of the Khmer Rogue and the mass genocide, elite members of the Khmer Rouge were tracked down by the UN. They were prosecuted and some even faced the death penalty. The Cambodia Genocide caused the death of over 2,000,000 people. It killed 25% of Cambodia's population. We are currently reading a novel by Elie Wiesel in which Elie is forced into a concentration camp. Adolf Hitler, an infamous dictator, was the one that ordered for these camps.
http://www.history.com/topics/pol-pot
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This week has been filled with questions and anxiety. Last week North Korea launched a nuclear missle for testing. The UN contacted North Korea, telling them to not launch another missle as it could lead to arguments or conflict. To test our nerves, Kim Jong Un launched another missle. Of course the UN argued with North Korea for doing the exact thing they told them not to do. Now Russia is stepping in to defend North Korea for some reason. Ther is literally no explanation for Russia to be siding with North Korea. I don't even know if Putin knows what Kim Jong Un looks like. Anyway, Russia is siding with North Korea and Russia is pissing the UN off too. So if this continues long enough, the UN might interfere with North Korea's trouble making which will lead Kim Jong Un to get butthurt and order a missle strike on either America or England. Of course Kim Jong Un's missles are tiny compared to ours and will probably get shot out of the sky before they hit the ground. North Korea will then go to their bigger and more powerful friends; Russia and China. This will lead to these guys attacking all the countries they hate. The UN will either step in or get dragged in by one of the countries. Then World War III will happen. Ryan and I did our research in the library (not on books of course but on Ryan's IPad) and WWIII could happen in a matter of weeks. That's pretty scary. Trump would love to get in a war with North Korea and has said so many times. If he has the chance he will nuke them. Noth Korea really wants us to get on our nerves. They have totally disregarded the UN's advice and might result in another world war.
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