History70 Assignment

Who says William Hung is the Father of all Delusionists? For those who are not in the know, let me break the real score; it’s not him. Although I hate to admit that he’s also an Asian and he hails from the land of baldheads who don orange gowns and has an Angelina Jolie as a sympathizer. People, meet Polpot, the greatest delusionist of all.

I can’t imagine anyone who is in his right mind to do the things he did with Cambodia. He’s such a nationalist that it already surpassed the extreme level and went to a delusional stage. Poor guy. Is that the effect of his funny name? Honestly, I admire his great strength and his vision for his country but that vision is something unattainable. Period. And the fact that he did not budge when everything started to fall into pieces is also commendable. But all the gore and violence that would put any Quentin Tarantino flick to shame is something I despised a lot. Hey, I’ve never been a fan of gory films. And after watching his biography, I feel so lucky that I’m not a Cambodian.

In the eastern part of Cambodia, from the land that gave US its undeniable shame in terms of warfare, comes a man worthy of being called; the Desperado aka Ho Chi Minh. He’s so desperate to liberate his country by hook or by crook, even at the cost of having communism. Top that, Rizal! Well, maybe, his means was less than stellar but we can’t deny that man’s love for country. And this time, it’s more or less normal.

Though the installment of communism raised brow’s all over, at least Vietnam got the freedom it longed to have- besides, communism is not entirely evil. In all depends on the handling of things. Criticism aside, who has a city under his name anyway?