Fire the liar!

As reported in Stars and Stripes (2/4/2015): NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams admitted Wednesday he was not aboard a helicopter hit and forced down by RPG fire during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a false claim that has been repeated by the network for years.

Williams repeated the claim Friday during NBC’s coverage of a public tribute at a New York Rangers hockey game for a retired soldier that had provided ground security for the grounded helicopters, a game to which Williams accompanied him. In an interview with Stars and Stripes, he said he had misremembered the events and was sorry.

The admission came after crew members on the 159th Aviation Regiment’s Chinook that was hit by two rockets and small arms fire told Stars and Stripes that the NBC anchor was nowhere near that aircraft or two other Chinooks flying in the formation that took fire. Williams arrived in the area about an hour later on another helicopter after the other three had made an emergency landing, the crew members said.

Williams said. “I don’t know what screwed up in my mind that caused me to conflate one aircraft with another.”

Williams told his Nightly News audience that the erroneous claim was part of a "bungled attempt" to thank soldiers who helped protect him in Iraq in 2003. “I made a mistake in recalling the events of 12 years ago,” Williams said. “I want to apologize.”

OK, here is what I have to say about Mr. Brian Williams. He said, “I would not have chosen to make this mistake.” Right, who chooses to make a mistake? No one. The truth is, it wasn't a mistake at all. It was a deliberate lie that has never been challenged until now. He also said, “I don’t know what screwed up in my mind that caused me to conflate one aircraft with another.” Well I'll tell you what screwed up in your mind, Brian. It was your inflated ego trying to make yourself seem to be the equivalent of the brave men and woman who are out there fighting for freedom. And you even went so far as to try to excuse your lie on the altruistic grounds that it was a bungled attempt to thank a soldier. You are such a phony. I'm glad you finally got caught. And your apology rings hollow. In fact, it's really not an apology at all; it's an excuse. And a flimsy one at that. I can't imagine why anyone would believe anything you have to say. You have lost whatever credibility you ever once had. If you won't resign, then you ought to be fired.

Loser