User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/Mao Zedong vs Pol Pot/@comment-5605739-20130807211939/@comment-4661256-20130808024826

Yeah, but Pol Pot isn't combat competent. All of the people he "fought" were civilians being mowed down by machine guns. Mao Zedong fought a limited war against the Japanese in WWII and defeated Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist Chinese troops in the Chinese Civil War. On top of that, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge were mostly inexperienced young men, whereas Mao Zedong's men were trained, battle-hardened veterans.