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One of the things I cant come to grasp is, why did Pol Pot attacked a country that greatly surpassed him militarily? Even after attacks that would have put most countries into a regime change mood, Vietnam tried to negotiate over and over again. Yet Pol Pot kept attacking, even after Vietnam achieved a limited victory and showed its superiority, this kept going until Vietnam finally got fed up and decided to remove him.

What if he hadnt attacked Vietnam? Would he had remained in power? Or would his crazy regime eventually get toppled?
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