Henry Kissinger, who earned BA, MA and PhD degrees at Harvard then stayed on as professor of government and international affairs before leaving for a job in the Nixon administration, where he helped overthrow a democratically elected government in one country and oversaw B-52 carpet bombing in another, died today.
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My friend of many years bears….
By Lee
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 10:11pm
…. scars she received in the refugee camp she grew up in in Thailand after her parents fled from Cambodia in the genocide. Her parents bore worse unspeakable scars, inside and out.
But she still lives and is loved as is her father and siblings and children.
Good riddance.
Now, now... Tenure is forever
By Rob
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 10:21pm
Now, now... Tenure is forever, Adam. You can't say 'former Harvard professor that helped overthrow a democratically elected government in one country'.
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Once Crimson, forever Crimson.
Oh, wait - that's the blood on his hands.
Alternate headline was a bit too long
By adamg
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 10:40pm
You can always tell a Harvard man, you just can't tell him not to oversee the overthrow and assassination of a democratically elected leader in one country and the B-52 carpet bombing of another country.
I was wondering if you'd write a story
By brianjdamico
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 10:37pm
and that was the headline I was expecting.
His dedication to serving his country is remarkable, his means and methods in doing so are plainly reproachable. And he certainly had no remorse.
In other words...
By lbb
Thu, 11/30/2023 - 9:01am
...he was a fanatic.
Concur.
I've been reading a little
By Rob
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 10:53pm
I've been reading a little history recently - touches upon the crimes the USA was part of in Chile. It gave a fresh edge to revile Kissinger...
...and now he's gone.
I wonder where the final horcrux was hidden.
It's a damned shame
By Michael
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 11:04pm
That Spotify Wrapped lists hit today...I think Dylan's 'Masters of War' and some Kool and the Gang could have made a late push to the top
I have to ask
By lbb
Thu, 11/30/2023 - 9:04am
Which Kool and the Gang, specifically?
(I was thinking the Brass Against the Machine cover of "War Pigs", myself)
Good question
By Michael
Thu, 11/30/2023 - 9:22am
"Celebration" was the one I had in mind
Outlived by better Harvard alums
By deedle
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 11:29pm
Tom Leher, still alive at 95. Who's obsolete now baby!
National Brotherhood Week is
By MassMouse
Thu, 11/30/2023 - 8:49am
National Brotherhood Week is appropriate for this thread…
https://youtu.be/aIlJ8ZCs4jY?si=GFWkimiD5BzYrvGA
(Really need this box set!)
Tom Lehrer
By Vicki
Thu, 11/30/2023 - 11:02pm
Lehrer said that "Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize."
Headline from Rolling Stone
By mg
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 11:52pm
Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-new...
Another dead war criminal republican.
By Homer Bedloe
Thu, 11/30/2023 - 7:42am
Next.
A small stain on a day of sorrow
By SamWack
Thu, 11/30/2023 - 8:09am
it is a pity that this day should be sullied with the mention of this bungler, Metternich wannabe, and war criminal, because another, better, more significant person died today, Shane MacGowan. Let him be remembered.
Comin’ up threes, boys!
By tblade
Thu, 11/30/2023 - 11:48am
Bury me at sea where no murdered ghost can haunt me.
Anthony Bourdain had a certain amount of, uh, dislike, too
By merlinmurph
Fri, 12/01/2023 - 8:48am
From his book, “A Cook’s Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines,”: