Parents blame Bush for son's execution

financial times ^ | Published: May 12 2004 5:00 | Joshua Chaffin

[CWOJackson]

"Parents blame Bush for son's execution"

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[arkady_renko]

Dead men tell no tales?

A_R

[Itzlzha]

Michael Berg claimed yesterday that his son, Nick, was held by US authorities without access to a telephone or lawyer because of suspicions that he was an insurgent or terrorist.

Mr. Berg is also a member of ANSWER!

Therefore, I lay the blame for his son's death at HIS OWN DAMN DOORSTEP, as well as the plague that is Islamazism!

Hey, Mr. Berg....still believe these left-hand a$$wipers are civilized, and there was no NEED to clean up this mess? Are the REALLY a "religion of Peace"?

[Paul Atreides]

True. They were part of a protest trying to shake down the manufacturer of the bulldozer. Hideous family.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Mr Berg was apprehended by Iraqi officials near the northern city of Mosul on March 24, according to his father

The Iraqis arrested him. I not only want to know why, I want to know how and when he was captured.

[CGASMIA68]

Wrong place Wrong time;
guess they need to blame some-one and Islamic Fundamentalist wouldnt be PC or liberal enough.

[tricky_k_1972]

I saw the father down on the ground, his son hugging him, when he was told about the video of his son. That was when he made this statment. Subsequent staments have not had the same tone. Give the father his moment of anguish.

[Paul Atreides]

Mr Berg was released on April 6

So, how is the fact that he had an entire month to leave, yet didn't, Bush's or Rummy's fault?

[jwalsh07]

Does this look like Don Rumsfeld to you Mr Berg?

[Heff]

Please excuse my rant...however....

How is this even remotely related to the Bush Administration? How about putting the blame where it belongs? Mr. Berg must of had some knowledge that he was heading INTO A DANGEROUS PARTIALLY UNSTABLE COUNTRY...WITH ARMED DANGEROUS TERRORIST PIGS WONDERING THROUGHOUT IT(in my best Sam Kinison voice). So, if Mr. Berg stayed home, he'd still be alive. Ok, let's deal with the fact that he did go to Iraq. BLAME THE F'in PEOPLE THAT TOOK THE KNIFE TO HIS THROAT!! Just out of curiosity, does anyone know why Mr. Berg was detained? Could he have been their for some other reason?

[Texas Eagle]

This smells like a pre-emptive strike by the Bergs. They must know something about what their son was up to.

[Mr. Mojo]

How about a little grieving before playing the blame game. .....And how about placing the blame where it should be placed -- solely on Islamofascism. But these peoples' PC sensibilities simply just won't allow them to see the true culprit.

[dawn53]

I have been so impressed with Phil Hendrie's comments on the Prison Abuse situation. He sees the whole thing sooo clearly and is able to communicate the issues in such a succinct fashion.

[chainsaw]

A video from an al-Qaeda-affiliated website depicted his decapitation by a gang of men who claimed to be taking revenge for the abuses committed by US soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison.

What is their excuse for cutting off Daniel Pearl's head????????????

These people are animals and the only thing they understand is brute force. Saddam had them pegged properly. We should just turn Saddam loose and let him start up his empire gain.

[tricky_k_1972]

He was there to help the Iraqi people, and by the way he helped with the electronics at the last national Republican convention in Philidelphia in 2000. he believed in what we were doing there and was trying to help. he said he supported the U.S. involvment in Iraq and that he agreed with Bush, again please give this father his moment of anguish.

[Paul Atreides]

They are like the Million Moron Marchers; why blame the perp when it is easy to blame an inanimate object.

[crona]

I'm not judging them so quickly, you know how it is with parents when a child dies before them - alot of times they look for anything to blame. Kinda like that parent who blames the city for not having a gaurd rail on a bad corner for their son driving off it while pissed drunk.

[baltodog]

You are absolutely right.

My anger is clouding even the memory of my own father's death...

Thanks.

[Paul Atreides]

Well, I hope they get a grip and realize that the people who are to blame are the people who committed the atrocity.