I'd say his motivations are about 50% self-aggrandizement, and 50% the money he's now getting from liberal sugar-daddies as long as he plays for them.
Call it a hunch.
Posted on 05/20/2004 9:48:07 AM PDT by sathers
Michael Berg, the father of an American civilian beheaded in Iraq this month, sent a letter to Stop the War Coalition in London, saying that US President George W. Bush 'ineffecive' leadership is a 'weapon of mass destruction.'
'We need to let the evildoers on both sides of the Atlantic know that we are fed up with war. We are fed up with the killing and maiming of innocent people, he said in the letter, emailed to IOL.net by the Coalition on Wednesday, May 19.
'We are fed up with the lies from our government about Nick's detention and we are fed up with the lies from our government about the reasons for this war,' said the saddened father.
In mid March, Nick Berg was held by the US mlitary in the Iraqi northern city of Mosul for no apparent reason, prompting his father to file a lawsuit in a federal court in Philadelphia.
He was released by the Americans on April 6 and disappeared April 9 in unknown circumstances.
(Excerpt) Read more at islamonline.net ...
I thought there weren't any WMDs according to the left.
This guy is a grade a ass.
Mr. Berg is quite welcome to go to Iraq and surrender. I will even pay his one-way ticket (he won't need the return leg).
I believe Nick would tell him the same.
Ironic that Mr. Berg is 'fed up with the killing and maiming of innocent civilians' when his son met his end at the hands of those very extremist folk who are the real killers.
He's a liberal. Are you expecting him to *think*?
amazing how this liberal cretin, can't figure out that those who beheaded his son were the ENEMY & would like to do the same to him, his & everyone else they can get their hands on!
Youd think Mr. Berg would do the proper thing, mourn his dead son and shut up.
Berg's father is emailing statements to Islam Online now? This just gets curiouser and curiouser.
Almost makes one wonder if he's even suffering grief; political opportunism apparently trumps all with him.
I'd say his motivations are about 50% self-aggrandizement, and 50% the money he's now getting from liberal sugar-daddies as long as he plays for them.
Call it a hunch.
What in hell is wrong with this man?
The brutal worldwide murder of his son has completely detached him from reality.
Berg-The-Elder really brings to mind the question: were there Jews who stood up and defended Hitler even while the Nazis were stuffing ovens full of God's Chosen People?
When does this guy have time to grieve?
Political opportunism trumps all with the left. See any congressional committee hearings lately?
Title should read "Berg Father is an idiot of mass distraction".
I wish I found this shocking, but Mr. Berg, Sr. is a demented fool.
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