He’s very good at his job

I watched Steven Colbert interview Tom Brokaw this evening. It was quite disgusting. The normally irreverent Colbert turned serious, and the always pompous Brokaw profundicated. Tom is a serious guy who fancies himself a “journalist.” He talked about 9/11 and the people who were harmed that day.

There’s going to be a whole lotta profound breast beating this weekend as we head into the tenth anniversary of 9/11. It’s going to be ugly. I would watch football, but all of those moments of silence are going to be too annoying.

If I were Colbert, I would ask Brokaw what it was like to be an Iraqi in Baghdad in March of 2003 when the US launched its unprovoked attack, blowing up buildings, killing innocent people. Or ask him what he thought of the mass killing spree the US went on after that day.

Brokaw, of course, would have no clue. That is his job.