As dozens of cruise missiles laid waste to a Syrian military airfield late Thursday, MSNBC's Brian Williams took a moment to wax poetic. ... The footage, provided by the Pentagon, showed several Tomahawk missiles launching from U.S. Navy destroyers in the Mediterranean Sea, illuminating the decks of the ships and leaving long trails of smoke in the night sky. It was a sight that seemed to dazzle Williams, who described the images as "beautiful" in a segment on his show, The 11th Hour. "We see these beautiful pictures at night from the decks of these two U.S. Navy vessels in the eastern Mediterranean," Williams said. "I am tempted to quote the great Leonard Cohen: 'I am guided by the beauty of our weapons.'" 17