Engel = a$$hole
Posted on 01/13/2005 4:04:00 PM PST by TXnMA
NBC's Richard Engel conceded on Tuesday's Today that he rarely gets to report on the heroics of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, but he did this one time because those heroics saved him.
Recounting how the Army unit with whom he was traveling came under attack, Engel noted how a soldier "actually stepped right in front of me protecting me with his body and started to return fire at the insurgents. And I just remember thinking that this is one of the small acts of heroism, I think you can say, that I so rarely get a chance to see and even less frequently report about."
Apparently, it's only news to Engel when it involves himself.
The MRC's Geoff Dickens caught Engel's personal story which Engel recited during the 7am half hour news update on the January 11 Today. News reader Ann Curry set up Engel: "Today, two separate bombings in Iraq killed at least 13 Iraqis south of Baghdad and Tikrit. A U.S. convoy just missed getting hit but on Monday a convoy was hit. And NBC's Richard Engel was in the middle of it. He's in Mosul this morning with more on this story. Richard, good morning, I'm glad to see you well."
Engel, at an indoor location in Mosul, explained: "Thank you very much Ann, good morning. So often we report about these attacks on what seemed to be anonymous convoys this time as you said we were right in the middle of it and got to see how the soldiers react when they're faced with these truly life and death situations. Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division set out at noon in a convoy of Striker [SIC] Fighting Vehicles."
Over footage of troops in vehicles, Engel recounted: "But as we approached a mosque under construction we were attacked. The roadside bomb targeted a pickup truck nestled in our convoy [video of truck on fire]. In it were Iraqi national guards. It was only a few feet from the vehicle carrying our NBC News team. U.S. soldiers and medics rushed in to help the Iraqis. [matching video] But during the rescue another attack from the mosque." [video of shots being fired from mosque]
Engel, running on a road with smoke rising behind him from the mosque: "We had been on a mission to deliver heaters to schools but our convoy was hit by a roadside bomb then we were attacked with small arms fire. U.S. troops have spread out through the area and are trying to catch the insurgents. [video switches to Engel laying on ground as he talks] There is still a lot of fire coming at us some of it's exploding in the car that was hit by an improvised explosive device. They are, U.S. troops are retaliating, trying to fight off what they think could be an intense ambush. Four Iraqi guards were killed, two others remain hospitalized. For our news team cameraman Kevin Burke and audio technician Martin Francis it was a close look sometimes too close at how these daily attacks unfold."
Back live indoors, Engel concluded: "Ann, one of the things I'll remember most about this experience was as I was standing there obviously unarmed, feeling very exposed wearing a bright blue flak jacket was there was a soldier standing next to me. I didn't know him I hadn't even noticed him before. And suddenly as the gunshots were coming at us he came over to me and said, 'It's gonna be okay, don't worry.' And he actually stepped right in front of me protecting me with his body and started to return fire at the insurgents. And I just remember thinking that this is one of the small acts of heroism, I think you can say, that I so rarely get a chance to see and even less frequently report about. Ann."
Curry: "And small acts of heroism that certainly must exist every single day there in that region by U.S. troops. Thank you so much. NBC's Richard Engel this morning reporting from Mosul."
Nice that NBC finally observed one of those "acts of heroism" which take place "every single day" in Iraq.
Note to the Posting Police: I did a FRsearch on "Engel" and got no hits...
If for no other reason than gratitude, this guy should make it his mission to report nothing but heroics.
Just more Liberal gobbldygook to get back into the graces with the voters in the red states. It won't work.
So when he's involved it's newsworthy?! What an arrogant jerk.
The other story here are the shots from the Mosque.
If they had come from a home it would have been leveled.
In other words, this guy will only report good news if involves his personal safety and well-being.
"'And I just remember thinking that this is one of the small acts of heroism, I think you can say, that I so rarely get a chance to see and even less frequently report about.'"
Open your friggin' eyes slimewad! Acts of heroism by our soldiers in Iraq are all around for anyone to see if they will but look. But Engel and the other low lives from the MSM are too busy looking for disgruntled Iraqis, acts they can label "torture" by American soldiers, a few whiner losers in the American military who hate Donald Rumsfeld, American casualties they can use to demoralize the American public and turn them against the war with etc., etc., to see that the very act of helping to re-build a country broken by centuries of tyranny and to bring its first democratic elections is ITSELF an act of heroism. These losers don't see the heroism in our men and women over there because their vile political agenda to turn America against the liberation of Iraq that the leftists in the media despises BLINDS them to the heroism of the US military in Iraq in both big and small acts. No, Engel and the other vermin from the MSM are too busy looking askance at the war and for ways to turn Americans against it to notice the very heroism they claim never to see in our soldiers. Frankly I would have considered it a heroic act if the soldier who protected this piece of garbage had tossed him over to the terrorists instead.
"I think you can say, that I so rarely get a chance to see and even less frequently report about."
Want a bunch of Bull...He rarely reports on our people because he chooses not to.
We've had 400,000 people roll through Iraq in the last year and a half and the only heroism we hear about on the news was John Effin Kerry's. Give me a break.
"And he actually stepped right in front of me protecting me with his body and started to return fire at the insurgents. And I just remember thinking that this is one of the small acts of heroism, I think you can say, that I so rarely get a chance to see"
Small act of heroism? He sure thinks little of himself. If that was someone other than a flaming liberal, and maybe even some of those would say, "OH MY GOSH, THAT WAS THE MOST AMAZING THING I'VE EVER SEEN AND I AM SO GRATEFUL!
But this complete idiot still calls these terrorists INSURGENTS! I'm just baffled...
This is a load of crap. He is over there getting the story as he sees it. I, for one, appreciate it.
It's shoved down their throat,
but they still can't swallow!
Msm make's me want to puke!
This is the same guy we all watched on the live camera when the troops went into Bagdad. He preened and combed in between his newscasts, then had his run and get his body armor just before he went on camera for his newscast.
I would never disparage anyone who has the fortitude to be at the front lines, but this guy wanted no part of the action, back then. I believe his nickname on FR was "Pretty Boy" and/or "Mr. Chicken", finally combined as "Pretty Chicken".
I bet the flaming Clymer wouldn't consider it a *small* act of heroism if he'd stepped HIS sorry *ss stepped in front of someone else. But, it's a small act when it's done by the "little people."
Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.
Rudyard Kipling, Tommy
The ONLY reason this guy is reporting this is because he thinks he has a "scoop." I'm sure he would have been a lot happier if he'd gotten to see the brave soldier die right in front of him.
I think he's been Geraldo'ed myself.
He must be absolutely blind!
That's a despicable thing to say.
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In Engels' own words:
"I think you can say, that I so rarely get a chance to see and even less frequently report about."
IOW, Engels sees more heroism than he reports.
"Load of crap"???
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