Nick Berg's Dad...

In my opinion, the way he lost his son, he should be able to say whatever he needs to say if it will ease his pain. The more he talks though, the more he sounds like he's just talking out of anger and blaming Bush instead of the animal that decapitated his son. He was always anti-Bush and this just is one more reason to hate him. I think if it were my son, I would blame the man who cut his head off, but that's just me. I think the reason he didn't take the offer of the ride home, however, was that the route to the airport was a dangerous one that he didn't feel safe taking. Seems like that coulda been worked out, though. Sad situation, I really feel for him.

I can understand his ire at Mr. Bush and Co. I don't agree with it though. Nick Berg was in Iraq of his own volition as far as I know, and Mr. Bush and Co. did not saw off Nick Bergs head in front of a camera.

In my opinion, the way he lost his son, he should be able to say whatever he needs to say if it will ease his pain. The more he talks though, the more he sounds like he's just talking out of anger and blaming Bush instead of the animal that decapitated his son. He was always anti-Bush and this just is one more reason to hate him. I think if it were my son, I would blame the man who cut his head off, but that's just me. I think the reason he didn't take the offer of the ride home, however, was that the route to the airport was a dangerous one that he didn't feel safe taking. Seems like that coulda been worked out, though. Sad situation, I really feel for him.

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I was helping my brother-in-law with some home repairs and we went out for a quick snack. Went by a television and the news program happened to be someone interviewing Mr. Berg. I couldn't hear what was said, but I was rather surprised because it appeared to me that he was actually smiling.

I also heard that his son declined the airlift to safety because he felt the route to the airport was too dangerous, but that just doesn't make sense. This is a young man who traveled throughout Iraq unescorted and unprotected, which (as one news report phrased it) was "highly unusual for Americans." I understand the man's grief, but despite my misgivings regarding rhe entire Iraq invasion I cannot see any way that President Bush is to blame for what happened to Nick Berg.

I can forgive the behavior but I find it very strange.

Why do I imagine the Senior Berg serving on a swift boat on the Mekong river with John Kerry?

He has more twisted hatred for the President than for the guys who sawed his son's head off.

He actually looked rabid on TV.

Since you quoted me I'm assuming you think I think it's okay to blame Bush. Just for the record, I in now way, shape, or form think he is right. Mr. Berg and his son were at odds politically it seems. I think the terrorists are responsible. It wasn't smart to go walking around Iraq, but that's beside the point. The blame lies squarely on the shoulders of the terrorists, who should be exterminated like the cockroaches they are. I try to give the guy break, but he has a strange way of grieving. Kind of reminds me of that Wellstone memorial that turned into a big political rally.

you think thats strange.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/11/iraq/main616842.shtml

But CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin reports on what is turning into a bizarre mystery with a connection to 9/11.

U.S. officials say the FBI questioned Berg in 2002 after a computer password Berg used in college turned up in the possession of Zaccarias Moussaoui, the al Qaeda operative arrested shortly before 9/11 for his suspicious activity at a flight school in Minnesota.

The bureau had already dismissed the connection between Berg and Moussaoui as nothing more than a college student who had been careless about protecting his password.

But in the wake of Berg's gruesome murder, it becomes a stranger than fiction coincidence -- an American who inadvertently gave away his computer password to one notorious al Qaeda operative is later murdered by another notorious al Qaeda operative.

Berg's body was found Saturday in Baghdad. Two e-mails he sent to his family and friends show he traveled widely and unguarded throughout Iraq, an unsafe practice rarely done by Westerners.

On Tuesday, an Islamic Web site released the video, titled "Sheikh Abu Musab al-Zarqawi slaughters an American infidel with his own hands."

Al-Zarqawi is thought to be in Iraq, operating his own terrorist network, known simply as the "Zarqawi network." A specialist in poisons, he is thought to have extensive ties across the militant Islamic movement and is considered an ally of Osama bin Laden.

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the link goes on and talks bout other accounts of what happened to nick berg.
its sounding weirder the longer the story is out. I dont want to put forth any conspiracy theories but unusual coincidence. I hear this not long ago on the radio and looked for website with article. He had a month to leave before he was beheaded.

on his dads comments before the camera. alot of people say and do stupid things in front of the camera, could of been stress or hatred. what happened to his son is horrible and I sympathise though his son chose his path to his own fate not bush or rummy.

Today, I heard him say that Bush and Rumsfeld were as bad as Al Queida and that it is because of them his son is dead.

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Berg said he did not blame the terrorists for his son's violent death.

"Nicholas Berg died for the sins of George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld," he said, shortly after posting a "War is not the Answer" sign on his front lawn. "The al-Qaeda people are probably just as bad as they are, but this administration did this."

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Read it here


The guy is a flippin Nut, I feel bad for him and his family, but he's still a flippin Nut.

Grief or no grief, that sounds like treason to me.

A radio report this evening suggested that Berg's interest and loyalty might not have been with his country of birth. Also, it was said that he was not psychologically balanced. Well dead men can't defend themselves and regardless of his politics he didn't deserve to die that death, but he does seem to have some personal responsibility. Perhaps his father taught him to always blame others. A parent's grief must be more than one can bear, so I guess that we just give him a pass.

Was Nick Berg a failed Jihad Johnny?

He went to Iraq without a job or offer in hand. He was wandering around some of the hottest areas in Iraq, "looking for work." There's this link, however tenuous, with one of the 9/11 suspects. His father appears to harbor a pathological hatred for GWBush. Am I missing more?

I hate to think such thoughts about a man who died such a gruesome death at the hands of evil men, but things don’t seem to add up right.

Nick's dad is hurt and angry and is lashing out. Not unlike Mr. Mouser(sp) who lashed out at the NRA after Columbine. Unfortunate.

Grief or no grief, that sounds like treason to me.

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trea-son n : the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which one owes allegiance or to kill or injure the sovereign or his family.

I've certainlly said some things in grief or anger that I regret to this day... but when I said them it wasn't in front of a news camera. The facts as we know them sure don't add up to Nick Berg being blameless. I wonder if later in life Mr. Berg regrets saying what he said. It may be hate is all Mr Berg has to hang on too... sad Unfortunately what he publicly says, will have repercussions, repercussions he can't control.

I think he's wrong but I also think he believes what he says.

Excellent thread. *bump* for later read.

After reading Berg senior's resume, it sounds like Berg junior was simply applying what he learned at his father's knee. And it rose up and bit him(in the neck) in a perminent fashion. And Berg senior is too gone to even realize this.

Has anybody heard how this kid got into Iraq? It's my understanding that he was there illegally, since it was illegal for any non-governmentally authorized Americans to be there.

Frankly, it sounds to me like this kid was there looking to be a form of "human shield" and got the surprise of his life. I get the distinct feeling that there is a connection there that we're not seeing... yet.

Does anybody know where his sister is? Is she married to an Iraqi? Is this Iraqi a former member of Saddams boys?

Mr. Berg was placed on the Free Republics 'Enemy' list.

MaxSpeak about Berg
Berg's Father & Firm on FreeRepublic 'Enemy' list
FreeRepublic 'Enemy' list
FBI Saw Berg During Iraq Police Detention

Sorry, I feel for your loss, but shut the (*&()&%%$ up! Your son was a grown man who knew what he was getting into. That is why he is called an adult. Crying out loud.........

John Kerry was on Hannity and Combs last night and he said he talked to Berg's dad on the phone but, out of respect, wanted to keep the conversation private. I'll bet it's really easy to say the things he's saying with the devil (Kerry) whispering in his ear.

Why the hell would Kerry call this guy? Are the Berg's his constituents?

Why the hell would Kerry call this guy? Are the Berg's his constituents?

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Is the communist left one of Kerry's constituencies? Hmmmm. I'll give you one guess.

Ooooops! Silly me!