GAMES OF INTEREST (11.25.23 - 12.1.23) @ LITTLE ROCK

[TU 1978]

Not basketball, but an interesting article on Kissinger from Rolling Stone. They don't hold back. I wasn't aware that he essentially played both sides of the aisle. He did some really shady and certainly didn't care who got hurt or died as a result

Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America's Ruling Class, Finally Dies

Henry Kissinger has died at age 100, his consulting firm said in a statement on Wednesday.

www.rollingstone.com

Rolling Stone wasn’t the only publication to critique the work and deeds of Henry.

 

[TU_BLA]

Rolling Stone wasn’t the only publication to critique the work and deeds of Henry.

I have a friend who is a pastor and his FB post about Kissinger was pretty fiery. I was a little shocked at how angry it was.

 

[lawpoke87]

I have a friend who is a pastor and his FB post about Kissinger was pretty fiery. I was a little shocked at how angry it was.

He certainly does deserves some criticism. Also warrants some praise. I don’t have extreme feelings either way. He does have quite the life story.

 

[TU_BLA]

He certainly does deserves some criticism. Also warrants some praise. I don’t have extreme feelings either way. He does have quite the life story.

I think the biggest criticism is related to eventually paving the way for the Khmer Rouge to come into power in Cambodia by blasting that country into the stone age and killing about 3M civilians through the carpet bombing campaign to shut down the Ho Chi Minh trail. Or maybe the criticism is due to planning a coup in Chile paving the way for Pinochet and his death squads to come into power. And that doesn't even mention subverting the Johnson administrations efforts to broker a cease fire/peace deal in Vietnam as far back as 1968 as a strategy to get Nixon elected over Humphrey.

I'm sure he shaped a lot of policy that was "good" but some of the things he did in the name of national security were atrocious

 

[lawpoke87]

I think the biggest criticism is related to eventually paving the way for the Khmer Rouge to come into power in Cambodia by blasting that country into the stone age and killing about 3M civilians through the carpet bombing campaign to shut down the Ho Chi Minh trail. Or maybe the criticism is due to planning a coup in Chile paving the way for Pinochet and his death squads to come into power. And that doesn't even mention subverting the Johnson administrations efforts to broker a cease fire/peace deal in Vietnam as far back as 1968 as a strategy to get Nixon elected over Humphrey.

I'm sure he shaped a lot of policy that was "good" but some of the things he did in the name of national security were atrocious

The Cambodia criticism is fair as is our handling of the entire Vietnam war. I do believe Cambodia falls to the Khmer Rouge regardless of the bombing campaign for the same reasons Vietnam fell to the Viet Cong.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

I think the biggest criticism is related to eventually paving the way for the Khmer Rouge to come into power in Cambodia by blasting that country into the stone age and killing about 3M civilians through the carpet bombing campaign to shut down the Ho Chi Minh trail. Or maybe the criticism is due to planning a coup in Chile paving the way for Pinochet and his death squads to come into power. And that doesn't even mention subverting the Johnson administrations efforts to broker a cease fire/peace deal in Vietnam as far back as 1968 as a strategy to get Nixon elected over Humphrey.

I'm sure he shaped a lot of policy that was "good" but some of the things he did in the name of national security were atrocious

You know what I'm gonna post before I even post it. I'll give you one letter, in case you need a hint. 'C'

 

[nevadanatural]

What are the odds of taking the Kissinger banter to crossfire and making this thread about basketball?

 

[Gmoney4WW]

What are the odds of taking the Kissinger banter to crossfire and making this thread about basketball?

I can't say two for Tuesday, but two for Thursday is so bad aurally.

 

[nevadanatural]

FAU thumped Liberty 83-58 but don’t let the score fool you Liberty is going to ruin some top program’s day come tournament time.

 

[ctt8410]

FAU losing at home to Bryant might go down as the headscratcher of the year. They've now whipped 4 consecutive top 75 KenPom teams, 2 of them by 30 points.

 

[ctt8410]

USF took the head coach and 2 best returning players from a really good Kennesaw State team… and they still stink.

 

[astonmartin708]

As will I…..Rolling Stone 😂😂. Might try the WSJ for those wanting a fairly balanced article by a respected source.

Opinion | Henry Kissinger’s Century

As national security adviser and secretary of state, he combined grand strategy with indefatigable ‘shuttle diplomacy’ and an ability to read his foreign counterparts.

www.wsj.com

You mean that company that’s owned by the notoriously unbiased Rupert Murdoch?

 

[TU 1978]

As will I…..Rolling Stone 😂😂. Might try the WSJ for those wanting a fairly balanced article by a respected source.

Opinion | Henry Kissinger’s Century

As national security adviser and secretary of state, he combined grand strategy with indefatigable ‘shuttle diplomacy’ and an ability to read his foreign counterparts.

www.wsj.com

The WSJ lost its respectability after Rupert bought them.

 

[loca2874]

No full post today.

Yesterday Creighton knocked off Oklahoma State 79-65 in the Only Non American game on the slate.

Florida Atlantic put a Whipping on Liberty 83-58
East Carolina beat UNC Wilmington 74-66
Hofstra decimated South Florida 82-63
Rice took care of UT Martin 98-78
UTSA edged out Lamar 86-83

Today

UAB hosts Southern Miss. 7:00 p.m. Tip on ESPN+
Yooler hosts Arkie State. 6:30 p.m. Tip on ESPN+
Incarnate Word travels To Daytona to face Bethune-Cookman. 6:00 p.m. Tip on YouTube

Tomorrow there is a big slate of games and it is also the Mayors Cup as Tulsa goes across Town to take on Oral Roberts.