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I see both points in this discussion.
Yes. Cambodia is still suffering from events that happened there several decades ago. Some of them directly the result of American interference. Some having nothing to do with America at all.
and
Yes. The global child sex trade is fueled largely by pedophiles in the west who will literally go to the ends of the earth to make their sick fantasies a reality.
BUT, to be sure, there are countries with healthy child sex trades that:
1. have never suffered from a political or otherwise suppressive influence from the United States
and
2. are not third world or even second world countries
I don't necessarily see a correlation there. By saying that I don't mean to dismiss the gravity of what we did in Cambodia. Just looking at it from a different perspective.
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