So I just watched Richard Engel on MSNBC

[Mr.Bill]

struggling to keep from breaking out into a huge shit-eating grin.

[malaise]

2. Had the same thought

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. Sure would be nice to know why...

[Mr.Bill]

5. Without a war he's out of his element. n/t

[SoonerPride]

6. Because war makes him, erm, "excited"

[Demovictory9]

28. ewww

[BlackSkimmer]

34. You feel the same about the correspondents during the Vietnam War?

No doubt you think this about Dan Rather.

How about Christian’s Amanpour?

[iemanja]

8. War correspondents get hooked on the adrenaline of war.

[Coventina]

4. Is he in Ukraine?

[Mr.Bill]

10. Yes he is. He gets to wear his helmet now.

https://www.yahoo.com/now/richard-engel-war-may-starting-133230977.html

[BlackSkimmer]

36. Anybody with good sense would be wearing a helmet there, wouldn't you think?

I guess you think you wouldn’t need to?

Really don’t get what all the critics here don’t get about this being his JOB.

Please give us your opinion of the Vietnam correspondents, some of whom died there. I seem to recall seeing Dan Rather wearing a helmet several times over the years. Do you ridicule him also?

Ever heard of Phillippa Schuyler? Sean Flynn? I bet they wore helmets too, but they still died.

Tell us your opinion of those men and women who died reporting that war. Do you even know how many? Or how many have died in all the wars that are covered by men and women who have the courage to go into these conflicts?

Unbelievable.

[Mr.Bill]

37. We're talking about Richard Engel,

Not every war correspondent in history. Either try and stay focused or start your own thread.

[ificandream]

7. Engel is a superb reporter.

[BlackSkimmer]

9. I know, I don't get this hate toward him and other war correspondents lately.

Nobody commenting would have the guts to do what they do.

[ificandream]

11. He does have one hell of a tough job. Not one I'd want.

[PortTack]

18. He thrives on it

[ificandream]

39. He does. I admire his work.

[aeromanKC]

12. His vilification of Biden for the Afghan withdrawal

He lost his journalistic credential with his over the top constant bashing of Biden and the withdrawal process.

[Mr.Bill]

15. You have no idea what I have had the guts to do in my lifetime. n/t

[Treefrog]

19. Hey, tell us!

I’m also a doubter that any critics here have done any percentage of what Engel does weekly.

[BlueCheeseAgain]

21. I'm sure DU has a lot of combat veterans among its members.

[Mr.Bill]

24. If I write my biography some day,

I'll send you a copy. There will be several chapters on what you are inquiring about.

[PortTack]

17. The hate comes from his total bashing of President Biden and the Afghanistan withdrawal

He was nothing short of terrible!

[BlackSkimmer]

20. So that makes him a bad correspondent?

I remember the reporting during the Vietnam War.

Correspondents call it as they see it.

[TheRealNorth]

23. Well, when you editorialize as a reporter.....

Then yes.

[BlackSkimmer]

30. So Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather were bad correspondents then.

Uh huh.

[bluestarone]

13. I do agree here

[bigtree]

14. the last thing he said

...that Putin would ignore Biden's admonitions.

Didn't say a word about the first round of sanctions the president ordered in that hour.

Engel may be an accomplished reporter, but he really went overboard to try and tag the Biden administration's hisoric withdrawal from Afghanistan as a failure.

I suspect he's itching to do the same here.

[MOMFUDSKI]

16. He is a little shit.

Said putin saw that US doesn't want to fight in Afghanistan so they certainly wouldn't want to fight russia.

[Ex Lurker]

33. You can't force people to fight for their country

The difference her is the Ukrainians are highly motivated. The Russians can no doubt roll in, but they'll immediately be in a quagmire. The insurgents will have Go Pros and i satellite uplinks. The Russians will try to jam them, but the internet is too robust. Every IED, and every atrocity by the Russians in response, will be streamed around the world in real time.

[sarcasmo]

22. Engel is an adrenaline junkie.

[BannonsLiver]

25. I bet he's got a fondu brewing in his jockey shorts.

“Mmmmmm death! Blood! Gore! Suffering! Biden’s fault! Gimme mooooooiloore!111”

[BlackSkimmer]

32. Eww, seriously?

Dude.

[spanone]

26. To be fair there was a reason he was laughing...

John Heilemann, who was hosting, went to him on the panel saying that Richard knew more about Ukraine & area than all the bars that Heilemann had been thrown

out of....an attempt at a joke. They had a little back & forth...it wasn't because of the war.

[Trumpdumper]

27. You people are totally full of shit. There is not a shred of evidence that Engel loves war.

[BlackSkimmer]

31. There's some really rabid hatred toward him here.

Bizarre.

From people who wouldn’t dare go near the danger Engel experiences in his daily job.

[renate]

35. Thank you!

He and his crew were kidnapped and their lives were legitimately at risk in Syria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_News_team_kidnapping_in_Syria

He may be an adrenaline junkie, but it's totally unfair to say he loves war. He's simply a dedicated reporter.

[BlackSkimmer]

38. Exactly. It's his damn job.

Got a lot of tough cookies here think they could do a better job I guess.

Wonder what they think about all the correspondents who have died in every single war and conflict? All adrenaline junkies according to the smug critics who’d likely soil their drawers if an armed person said boo to them.

Smh.

[BlueIdaho]

29. He should be pulled out of the region for a while

To get some perspective.