Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Amin akaramba achirumbidza Khmer Rouge muma1980. Muhurukuro ya1981 muTokyo, Amin akarumbidza basa raPol Pot se"rimwe rokubudirira kukuru kwokurwira kwechisocialism munhambo yedu" uye sezvakakodzera mukurwisana ne"kuwedzera" kunobva kuSoviet Union kana kuti kubva kuVietnam
. 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 kuti "chikonzero chezvakaipa zvikuru kuvanhu veKampuchea" chaive kune imwe nzvimbo: [Chikonzero cheuipi] hachisati chiri chokutanga chavose here vaimbi veAmerica naLon Nol? Haisi hondo yeVietnam nhasi nechinangwa chayo chokukoroniza Kampuchea here?