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...forces are also threatening to destroy the peace process altogether by refusing to demobilize their 27,000 fighters and allow UNTAC access to territory under their control. Their reason appears to be fear of UNTAC's liberating effect on their cadres and villagers. But their standard $ explanation is that they pulled out of the accord because UNTAC failed to insist on the withdrawal of all Vietnamese troops from Cambodia or to take control of the government in Phnom Penh, as required by the accord...
When the Khmer Rouge announced in June that they would not allow the U.N. into their areas, some U.N. officers wanted to call their bluff and dispatch forces into the territory. But force commander Lieut. General John Sanderson felt such pressure might destroy the peace process, and most of the countries that had contributed troops would not let them be sent into battle against the Khmer Rouge. The disagreement highlighted a U.N. dilemma: When should peacekeeping become peace enforcing -- perhaps with the loss of peacekeepers' lives...
...destroy the National Library. They did. You can see. It is ruined by fire from the ground floor up. We could not have done this. They removed their books and burned the building...
...Serbs destroy the National Library...
...doesn't fulfill his campaign promise to reduce the budget deficit by at least half during his four-year term, I'm going to stage a national revolution to topple the American government. Yes, you heard me right. Revolution. Rebellion. Insurrection. Call it what you will. I vow to destroy the entire federal government if President Bill doesn't satisfy my demand and fulfill his promise...