The Stench of Moral Equivalence

I struggle to find the words to adequately express my disgust with the comments made by NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams.

CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: But, here we have maybe 24 people who have lived in London and England and the free world for all these years that become citizens, subjects of the Crown, and yet, after having gotten to know us, they want to kill themselves to hurt us. Isn’t that an even deeper conundrum here than the chemicals being used in these attacks.

BRIAN WILLIAMS: And that, Chris, that last aspect, the willingness to take one’s own life. I always tell people there are guys on our team like that, too. They’re called Army Rangers and Navy Seals and the Special Forces folks and the first responders on 9/11 who went into those buildings knowing, by the way, they weren’t going to come out. So we have players like that on our team.(emphasis added)

How this man can find a moral equivalence between people who deliberately take their own lives in order to kill, maim and destroy and people who risk their lives to save and protects the lives of others is beyond all comprehension.

He has maligned men and women of tremendous honor and courage. People who would march into combat to protect his freedom. People who would rush into a burning building to save his life. People who would do that despite his comparing their heroism to the actions of murderous terrorists.

Those are the kind of players we have on our team and Williams owes them not only his life and his freedom, but an apology.

NOTE: The above has been sent to NBC.

Hat Tip to Hot Air where you can watch this cretin on video.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 01:43 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment