Cambodia future

Sovanna Phum wrote:

In order for cambodia to be independent and that no could invade, Cambodia has to be strong economically and militarily. Or at least with the ability to defend ourselves at any time needed. Rightnow we are weak in both and hopefully sometimes in the future we can be like that gain--strong and properous. We should try to help whatever we can... education, agriculture, industry, medicine etc... anything that can improve the lives of our people... introduce technology that can better the lives of the people...

We hope no one plan to invade Cambodia at any time soon because we would be defenseless. I'm sure when economic emprove, so will the Cambodia's military defense, I have not doubt about that. I was a Marine, so I would be honor to share my knowledge in military fighting tactics to my fellow Khmer soldiers.

Cham wrote:

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We hope no one plan to invade Cambodia at any time soon because we would be defenseless. I'm sure when economic emprove, so will the Cambodia's military defense, I have not doubt about that. I was a Marine, so I would be honor to share my knowledge in military fighting tactics to my fellow Khmer soldiers.

Cambodia doesn't have an army. You call 603 generals who bought their way into he rank an army? I spoke to some those soldiers, more than half of their commanders can't read or write. I also know of people who admitted that paid for their"star"(s). Its all about the TITLE of people. btw. i was in the army. air assault unit. 1st gulf war.

For now, we must focus on economic improvement. Improving transportation infrastures, irrigation systems etc... should be top priority to say the least since our country is heavily agricultural dependent. The ability to control and to distribute water is very important. I mean so many times in the past when it rains a lot it floods and when it does not rain there's no water. The farmers are affected either ways. Any inputs on this?

Sovanna Phoum Sacto Ca wrote:

For now, we must focus on economic improvement. Improving transportation infrastures, irrigation systems etc... should be top priority to say the least since our country is heavily agricultural dependent. The ability to control and to distribute water is very important. I mean so many times in the past when it rains a lot it floods and when it does not rain there's no water. The farmers are affected either ways. Any inputs on this?

The only problem is that there's so much money have been contributed by many nations in aid. But it's seems to disappear into thin air and we should really look into that. The only country who's putting alot of effort into the water resevoir and building the roadway so far is JAPAN. They are more into rebuilding cambodia than any other countries. So as of right now it seems that the roadways are in construction. As for the farmers it seems to me that they are selling their lands and moving into the city.

It is good news that the main roads are being constructed or reinnovated. It is true that some farmers are selling their lands and moved to the city. These lands tend to be near the national roads or within the vacinity of the future construction. I guess in a way, these lands worth so much more in compare to trying to produce rice, corn, bean etc...In a way, it makes sense for them to sell the lands and hopefully they use the money to start a small business and not spending the money wastefully. In fact, lands in Cambodia are getting more and more expensive... whether it is inflatted or not... Cambodia prospect and economic climates definitely are improving gradually. Hope for the better.

500 reil toilet wrote:

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Cambodia doesn't have an army. You call 603 generals who bought their way into he rank an army? I spoke to some those soldiers, more than half of their commanders can't read or write. I also know of people who admitted that paid for their"star"(s). Its all about the TITLE of people. btw. i was in the army. air assault unit. 1st gulf war.

Oooorahhh..well, I guess we have something in common afte all, I knew your sense of humor came from somewhere. Anyhow, dardon me for mentioning that I would be willing to help train Khmer soldier in the military fighting tactics, Marine Corp style, I didn't know Cambidia don't have an army, my bad soldier, as you were.

500 reil toilet wrote:

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Cambodia doesn't have an army. You call 603 generals who bought their way into he rank an army? I spoke to some those soldiers, more than half of their commanders can't read or write. I also know of people who admitted that paid for their"star"(s). Its all about the TITLE of people. btw. i was in the army. air assault unit. 1st gulf war.

Whatever was me, Cham. I had to change my name in China forum and forgot to change in Cambodia forum. Anyhow, I don't recall mentioning any 603 generals an army.I don't know your definition of an army, since I wasn't in the Army, so I'm clueless. I know the definition of the United States Marine Corps, maybe you can educate me a little bit about the Army.

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whatever wrote:

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Whatever was me, Cham. I had to change my name in China forum and forgot to change in Cambodia forum. Anyhow, I don't recall mentioning any 603 generals an army.I don't know your definition of an army, since I wasn't in the Army, so I'm clueless. I know the definition of the United States Marine Corps, maybe you can educate me a little bit about the Army.

Of course, Cambodia has Army. There used to be about a couple hundred thousands soldiers. But now I think they are down to maybe 100,000 or so. It makes no sense to compare Cambodian Army to that of the United States. Cambodian Army lacks all sorts disciplines ranging from foods, uniforms, training, amunitions etc... Given that they have enough foods to eat, proper uniforms, and enough weapons and amo... they can fight like hell. Back then, vietnam had all sorts of weapons-- tanks, artillery, bombers, jet-fighters, totally equipped for war. It took them more than a week to take control of Phnom Penh fighting again Khmer Rouge soldiers who barely had any weapons...but the will. Whatsoever, Cambodian Army is strong but not that girly... Not too bad.

My correction: Cambodian Army is not strong but they are not that girly...

Sovanna Phoum Sacto Ca wrote:

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Of course, Cambodia has Army. There used to be about a couple hundred thousands soldiers. But now I think they are down to maybe 100,000 or so. It makes no sense to compare Cambodian Army to that of the United States. Cambodian Army lacks all sorts disciplines ranging from foods, uniforms, training, amunitions etc... Given that they have enough foods to eat, proper uniforms, and enough weapons and amo... they can fight like hell. Back then, vietnam had all sorts of weapons-- tanks, artillery, bombers, jet-fighters, totally equipped for war. It took them more than a week to take control of Phnom Penh fighting again Khmer Rouge soldiers who barely had any weapons...but the will. Whatsoever, Cambodian Army is strong but not that girly... Not too bad.

Thank you Savanna, that was what I thought, but 500 Reil Toilet didn't think so. I had to make that statement to show how pessimestic(nagative)he is about Cambodia. Granted, Cambodia are no where compared to the neighboring countries like Thailand or Vietnam, militarily, at least not yet. But I'll tell you what, not to say anything great about Cambodia's military, but they have fighting experienced. Since I was in the military, I can say that a soldier can trains all he could, but if not put into actual war zone, the soldier is almost become useless, the reality of war zone can greatly effect him emotionally and psychologically. It will take him awhile to adapted, until then, he would almost or already loses the war.

abc wrote:

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Thank you Savanna, that was what I thought, but 500 Reil Toilet didn't think so. I had to make that statement to show how pessimestic(nagative)he is about Cambodia. Granted, Cambodia are no where compared to the neighboring countries like Thailand or Vietnam, militarily, at least not yet. But I'll tell you what, not to say anything great about Cambodia's military, but they have fighting experienced. Since I was in the military, I can say that a soldier can trains all he could, but if not put into actual war zone, the soldier is almost become useless, the reality of war zone can greatly effect him emotionally and psychologically. It will take him awhile to adapted, until then, he would almost or already loses the war.

Oooh gezz, I forgot to change my name to Cham, instead of abc

In addition, Cambodia does have Army, Air Force, and Navy, and a small commandos and paratroopers units. China is selling some of its used warship to Cambodia, with discount of course. Air Force wise, in 1994, there were about 20-30 units of Mig-21 aerial fighters and some Mil-26 helicoters gunship. A lot of those hardwares are outdated but useful. Vietnam has donated two small warships to protect the coastline. As of now, who knows. I'm sure as economy improve, Cambodia will squeeze some fund to purchase modern weapons, this is for self defense, of course.

There are all kinds of Khmer:
Pro-Chinese Khmer group
Pro-Vietnamese Khmer group
Pro Ameican Khmer group
Today Cambodia is controlled by the Pro-Vietnamese Khmer group

CamboRambo wrote:

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The only problem is that there's so much money have been contributed by many nations in aid. But it's seems to disappear into thin air and we should really look into that. The only country who's putting alot of effort into the water resevoir and building the roadway so far is JAPAN. They are more into rebuilding cambodia than any other countries. So as of right now it seems that the roadways are in construction. As for the farmers it seems to me that they are selling their lands and moving into the city.

Money alone can not make cambodia in progress. management including with money in the construction of the country is the important factor.
Even you have money without good management or incapability to manage everything in the country, money will be useless and they do for nothing.

To move anything forward in Cambodia, there have to be many contributions, one thing will not do the job. There are seperate entities of government that branch off into many sectors. Most of the donated funds do go to those entities and sectors, it's going to take awhile to see changes. Some funds do find its way into the corrupted politicians' pockets. If Cambodia wish to move forward in a better manner, there got to be a good strong leader or leaders, especially during a recnstruction period like now, and Hun Sen isn't cut out to do the job. Sometime, the funds go to too much on one thing and less on the other, that why there are little progress on one thing and less progress on the other thing.

Among many other important priorities for improving Cambodia, education is important as well. In any modernized or developed countries, there are countless educated people. The more, the better. Educated people are the driving force that could move the countries forward. The number of educated people in Cambodia is limited. The teachers or professors do not seem to take teaching more seriously because the government does not value them as much. As one can see with their salary.

One way to increase number of educated Cambodians is to first learn English. Once they have some understanding of English, they should be able to learn all sorts of subjects that their capability allows them to learn.

As we all know that every subject or every discipline of knowledge is written in English. Science, Medicine, Agriculture, Engineer etc... you name... all are written in English. Of course they are written in other languages, too. But, not as many as in English. What I am trying to say is that if possible every Cambodian in cambodia should try to learn English as much as they could. Once they have pretty good understanding of English, then they should start learning new skills or subject matters like how to improve farming (Cash crops: rice, corn, bean, mango, coconut, pipeapple), raising fish, poultry, cattle etc... that could improve their living conditions or standards. Learn whatever subjects that they want. It takes time to improve. But, as long as there are progresses... that's hope. Imagine that half of the Cambodian population could speak, read, and write English. Boy, cambodia would be in good hand. It would not surprise me to see USA, Chinese, Indian companies would outsource their jobs to Cambodia since the labor cost is much lower compared to the countries, provided taht politically stable. I think everyone of us who have good command of English language should try to teach or help our people learn English as much as possible and as soon as possible, too. If we can't times , at least donate books, or any learning materials. Everyone of us who have good command of English language should help our people to learn English as much as possible and as soon as possible. Whenever we go to visit Cambodia, we should go there with some learning materials in our hands and when we return, we should leave our people with some English lessons, too.
If we do this every time we go to Cambodia, just a matter of times we'll see English is spoken by our people all over Cambodia. It doesnot hurt to dream!!!

For those of us living outside Cambodia, our Khmer language is not as fluent as English because we don't use it very often. I for one is guilty of that. I still speak fluently but my reading and writing is quite rusty. So lately I've been refreshing on my reading and writing of Khmer language whenever possible. Knowing Khmer language is as important as knowing English if you're Cambodian. Knowing Khmer language is important if you wish to share your knowledge to Khmer living in Cambodia who don't speak English. Also knowing Khmer language is very helpful if you wanted to visit or live in Cambodia.

Khmer language is primary in Cambodia and English should be secondary. For us, knowing both langauge is very important since we are cambodians. The same goes for Cambodian living in Cambodia. Knowing two or more languages is better than knowing one. At least, one is your native language and other one is one that you use every day to make a living like us using English language. These days we who live outside Cambodia can relearn or improve our Khmer language through Khmer Karaoke DVD. Only the lyrics are romatic and beautiful, but they are full of symbolism, imagery, and figurtive languages. One can improve quite bit just by listening and watching. Keep learning. you'll soon be fluent again.