World's Most Brutal Dictator since Pol Pot?

[opebo]

I really don't know, however I would like to say a few words in defense of the Kmer Rouge:

They did not hate the urban elite of Cambodia for no reason at all - this was a French-created and 'Frenchified' elite that had long lived parasitically upon the rural poors. 

Of course their methods were a bit over the top - but like all revolutionary movements (or even simple crime), they were created by those in power, in reaction to the use of power.   Which raises the question - why did the French and their post-'independence' stooges create such a strong reaction? 

Lastly, think about the source of the absurdly incomplete accepted explanation of the Kmer Rouge and communist movements generally - the capitalist elite (and their press).