Moving Beyond the Killing Fields
by Thomas Park on September 17, 2007 in Features
It was a hot evening even though it was the rainy season. “It’s usually much cooler than this,” shrugged my friend. I was sitting with my colleagues on the stairs near my office, located in what was supposed to be Cambodia’s military headquarters. I was not sure what we were waiting for – we had just filed all the evidence related to the crimes committed by the Communist Party of Kampuchea, commonly known as the Khmer Rouge. We would soon have our first suspect in custody. I voiced my confusion to my supervisor. She looked at me with a wry smile and said, “I’ve been waiting for more than 30 years for this.”
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Why Canada Must Go To Iraq
by Thomas Park on March 21, 2007 in Opinion
Iraq is in turmoil. The dream of the war’s architects has come to a halt as daily explosions rock major Iraqi cities. In lieu of a democracy, a chaotic society of Hobbesian proportions has begun to take root, with one study concluding that more than 100,000 Iraqis have been killed since 2003. Major coalition members such as Britain and Italy have begun to consider apullout of their troops. The surge has begun but the prospects of success are uncertain. Even ardent backers of the war, such as Francis Fukuyama and Fareed Zakaria, have retracted their support and called the occupation of Iraq a complete failure. Read more
