Brian Williams Calls Iraq War ‘Elective’ During Morning Joe Appearance

NBC News anchor Brian Williams appeared on Morning Joe today to discuss the conversation du jour: the the events of 9/11, 2001, and specifically how we reflected on that tragedy that occurred a decade ago. Williams’ appearance came after a rather heated discussion over the foreign policy decisions made by the Bush administration in the aftermath of 9/11, and so the NBC News anchor was focused primarily on the bipartisan approach by Presidents Bush and Obama yesterday.

While the set of Morning Joe is the province of frank and spirited debate, the previous segment saw a level of candor that also brought an entertaining tension not typical for any morning news program. As such, viewers may have got the sense that Williams was aiming to split the difference between Joe Scarborough‘s call for lessened partisan bickering and rhetorical grenades, and Tavis Smiley‘s simple assertion that the Bush Administration lied the U.S. into an unnecessary war.

Watch the interesting clip below, courtesy of MSNBC:

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