NOW, BOB SIMON IS A LOSS

Brien Williams. I have always liked him. I switched to Scott Pelley as I thought that Brien was a little to flashy and slick for me. His lost credibility, that sort of thing. 

In Iraq, his claims were more stupid than anything. He was traveling in one of what we called the old "hooks (Chinooks)."  One of the chopters took fire. In recounting the incident, Williams says his "Hook" takes RPG fire. This is big now because RPG is "rocket propelled grenade." The RPG is a shoulder held weapon, very powerful. 

Charlie Wilson, if you remember him, was a Texas Congressman who personally was responsible for getting RPGs in the hands of the Afghans where they could bring down Soviet helicopters. It turned the tide of the Soviet occupation and departure. So, Brien, we could accept small arms fire but graduating to "RPG" is hard to swallow and those who "danced on your grave,  maybe apparently felt the same way. A bit too much. If you had just stuck to small arms fire, you might could have made it. 

What is very interesting to me is how you thought that you would go unchallenged, as smart and as savvy as you are. The same sort of thing kept John Kerry from the presidency. The Swift Boat Vets never let up. In their case, I thought they were misguided and used but same principle.    

And my personal sadness as a fan compares the good examples of Bob Simon. A loss. We hardly will hardly know Williams is gone but Bob Simon leaves a vacuum. God bless Bob on his journey.