Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Amin akaramba achirumbidza Khmer Rouge muma1980. Muhurukuro ya1981 muTokyo, Amin akarumbidza basa raPol Pot se"rimwe remabudiriro makuru ekurwira kwechisocialism munguva yedu" uye sezvakakodzera kurwisa "kuwedzera" kubva kuSoviet Union kana kubva kune dzimwe nyika.
Vietnam. Dzimwe nyanzvi, dzakadai saMarxist anthropologist Kathleen Gough, vakacherechedza kuti vaKhmer Rouge vaishingaira muParis muma1950 vakanga vatova nepfungwa dzekubvisa vanopikisa-shanduko uye kuronga nzvimbo yebato ine zvisarudzo zvaisagona kubvunzwa. Pasinei nemishumo yemazuva ano yekuuraya kwakawanda kwakaitwa neKhmer Rouge, Amin akataura muna 1986 kuti "chikonzero chezvakaipa zvikuru kuvanhu veKampuchea" chaive kune imwe nzvimbo: Nharo yevanhu ndeye pakupedzisira nharo inopiwa nevose vekoloni... [Chikonzero cheuipi] hachisati chiri chokutanga chavose here vaimbi veAmerica naLon Nol? Haisi hondo yeVietnam nhasi nechinangwa chayo chokukoroniza Kampuchea here?