Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Amin ya ci gaba da yaba wa Khmer Rouge a cikin shekarun 1980. A wani jawabi a Tokyo a shekarar 1981, Amin ya yaba wa aikin Pol Pot a matsayin "ɗaya daga cikin manyan nasarorin gwagwarmayar neman gurguzu a zamaninmu" kuma a matsayin abin da ya wajaba a kan "faɗaɗawa" daga Tarayyar Soviet ko daga
Ƙasar Vietnam. Wasu malamai, kamar masanin ilimin ɗan adam na Marxist Kathleen Gough, sun lura cewa masu fafutukar Khmer Rouge a Paris a cikin shekarun 1950 sun riga sun sami ra'ayoyin kawar da masu adawa da juyin juya hali da kuma shirya cibiyar jam'iyyar wanda ba za a iya tambayar yanke shawara ba. Duk da rahotannin zamani na kisan gilla da Khmer Rouge suka aikata, Amin ya yi jayayya cewa "dalilin mafi munin abin da ya faru ga mutanen Kampuchea" ya ta'allaka ne a wani wuri: Shin [dalilin mugunta] ba shine na farko ba na Amurkawa masu mulkin mallaka da Lon Nol? Shin yau ba sojojin Vietnam da shirin su na mulkin mallaka na Kampuchea ba ne?