Brian Williams filled in for Rachel Maddow on MSNBC last night. As he reported on the US airstrikes in Syria, he waxed poetically about the “beautiful” missiles that were launched at Syrians: “We see these beautiful pictures at night, from the decks of these two US Navy vessels in the eastern Mediterranean. I am tempted to quote the great Leonard Cohen, ‘I am guided by the beauty of our weapons.'”
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good thing we don't have govt-controlled media in this country pic.twitter.com/fLkt9lQZa6
— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) April 7, 2017
Brian Williams is getting hammered on Twitter after making what many consider to be an insensitive and even repulsive choice of words to describe an airstrike on human beings in Syria:
Brian Williams must love the smell of Napalm in the morning….
— pixzen (@pixzen) April 7, 2017
Twitter user Brett Eversole suggests that Brian Williams and John McCain apparently share the same lust for war with this tweet:
https://twitter.com/brett3versole/status/850397142502060032
Peter Gratton took issue with Williams referencing the “beauty” of the missiles as though it was a fireworks display:
How morally obtuse to react to missile launches that will kill scores of people like they're July 4th fireworks? https://t.co/km9VtvWx02
— Peter Gratton (@PeterMGratton) April 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/ScottLynch149/status/850410764544294912
And finally, this Twitter user asks Williams, “What is wrong with you?”
https://twitter.com/earthmann/status/850453062804262913