Richard Engel Is Great

I am one of those people who still loves to watch the 5:30 nightly news broadcasts. Even in the modern information age where internet enables us to have instant information, I like the classic news broadcasts. My favorite is definitely NBC Nightly with Brian Williams. It's really the only option. I mean Katie Curic? Or ABC? NBC does it right. Even though I don't trust American News (I like BBC), I find myself believing Brian Williams more than any other broadcaster besides Richard Engel who is a correspondent for NBC Nightly. That guy kicks ass. One day I'm sure he will take over the head anchor spot but he's the best in the field. For the last year or so he has been living in Iraq and stationed all over the middle east in the most hostile environments. Tonight they had a segment where he went into a terrorist training camp in Lebanon and interviewed one of the militia leaders. This guys has balls. The area doesn't even let foreigners in much less the American media. Any wrong turns or false moves could easily prove fatal. He talks most of the languages fluently and gains trust with these people who despise Israel and America. He openly discussed their intents, which ranged from suicide bombings in Israel and training to fight against American forces in Iraq. This is REAL news. Not Operation Iraqi Freedom, not discussing how bad people think it is, this is actually showing the other side and how they are not all crazy terrorists. These people have nothing, their government won't recognize them, they have no money, no jobs, and are constantly in danger from inside and outside forces. Engel did not portray these people as good or bad, just as people. Giving the outside world a look at how they live. Richard Engel kicks ass.