- Supporting Lon Nol overthrow of Sihanouk.
- Bombing Cambodia into oblivion as part of Nixon’s madman theory, leading to Khmer Rouge’s rise to power.
- After Khmer Rouge overthrow by the Vietnamese, continuing to acknowledge the Khmer Rouge as Cambodia’s government, refusing aid to a starving country
(unfinished, sources varied, include William Blum’s Killing Hope, John Pilger’s documentaries Year One and Year Ten and many of Noam Chomsky’s various lectures)