When I was a young officer in 1979,
I toured what was known as 'The
Killing Fields" in Carnbodia. This is
the area where the Khmer Rouge
killed off nearly a quarter of the
Cambodian population, something
like 1.9 million people in just a few
years. My guide told me that they
started by rounding up all of the
teachers. 'Ihey wanted to extinguish
free thought, and the spark of
questioning and dissent. Because, to
a Totalitarian dictator, an open and
inquisitive mind is more dangerous
even than a Marine with a rifle.
General James Mattis
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