
First We Take Brian Williams
Here’s what Brian Williams said when he cut in on The Rachel Maddow Show to break the news of Thursday night’s missile strike against a Syrian air base: “I am tempted to quote the great Leonard Cohen. ‘I am guided by the beauty of our weapons.’ And they are beautiful pictures of, of fearsome armaments.” The quote is from “First We Take Manhattan.” While the Leonard Cohen fans I know preferred a verse from “The Story of Isaac” (You who build the altars now to sacrifice these children, you must not do it anymore. A scheme is not a...
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