Berg Died for Bush, Rumsfeld 'Sins' - Father

Reuters ^ | Thu, May 13, 2004 | Reuters

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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The father of Nick Berg, the Pennsylvania contractor beheaded in Iraq (news - web sites), on Thursday directly blamed President Bush (news - web sites) and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for his son's death.

"My son died for the sins of George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld. This administration did this," Berg said in the interview with radio station KYW-AM.

In the radio interview from outside his home in West Chester, Pennsylvania, a seething Michael Berg also said his son probably would have felt positive even about his executioners until the last minute.

"I am sure that he only saw the good in his captors until the last second of his life," Berg said.

Then, referring to his son's executioners, he said: "They did not know what they were doing. They killed their best friend."

Two days after the publication of a video showing the execution of his son by five masked men, Berg attacked Bush administration for its invasion of Iraq and its sponsorship of the Patriot Act, which gave increased powers of surveillance to the federal government.

Berg described the Patriot Act as a "coup d'etat." He added: "It's not the same America I grew up in."

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mizzmouse Since Apr 28, 2004

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Until YOU have walked a mile in his shoes....

Where have I heard this diatribe before? (Axe Jessie Jackson about it)

I guess I can't make an educated decision about something unless I can be literally that person…

Compassion is one thing, ignorance is something else, and stupid is as stupid does.

[zook]

Some good friend of his should help him shut up.

[Stentor]

You have to give the guy a break

Why. He's trying to get us all killed. It is not a far walk to the theory that his dystopian beliefs infected his son with a delusion that got him killed.

[prairiebreeze]

This man is an avowed secularist who would not believe in sin.

Having not read this entire thread, is it just me or is Berg making some subtle comparisons to Jesus Christ "dying for sins". Very biblical.

Prairie

[mizzmouse]

Amazing, How we can be on the same side, But if *I* speak MY peace, It's wrong. Thats pretty sad, The minute I go against the majorirty, I am a troll, with all my info put out for all to see. I stilll stand by what I said, And I still stand by FREE republic.

[Ben Chad]

Talk about torture, this is a perfect example of tortured logic (with reference to the World According to Michael Berg)!

[opus86]

It must be a mental illness. Radical Islam apparently isn't the problem, Bush/Rummy/Ashcroft are the problem. I feel horrible about Berg's killing, but he was a fool and apparently so is his father.

[wasp69]

For 2 days, I grieved for this young man and his family even though I read his daddy was a member of A.N.S.W.E.R. Today, he has nothing but my scorn. How in the hell do you say these things?!? How can you learn that 5 demons killed your little boy and turn around and blame the President? How does that work? Maybe he could spend some time reflecting on who really killed him and wish that they are caught and killed. How do you walk on the back of your dead child to further a political agenda? How?!?

This is a prime reason why Bush must win and these appeaser traitors must be defeated.

[Renegade]

The same thought crossed my mind . I didn't see the video but saw the stills. If you rupture a jugular vein and artery, blood will explode out of the wound. I didn't see any spatters anywhere on the killer, the wall, or the jumpsuit ..

[mizzmouse]

OMG.I am SO alone in my thoughts...

[Phantom Lord]

This also happens with parents of kidnapped and murdered children. They are in front of the camera the very next day. I guess I just don't understand.

Interest in book & movie deals must be maintained.

[Phantom Lord]

Are you one of the loonies from DU who think that Berg was killed by the CIA?

[mizzmouse]

WHY am I a troll, If i don't agree with what you say?

[Arpege92]

Any sympathy I had for this family no longer exists! Can you imagine the animals who did this finding out what the father of their latest victim had to say....it would encourage them to kill more innocent people and that lands squarely on the shoulders of Mr. Berg!

[Phantom Lord]

I have been a Freeper for over a year????

Signed up April 28, 2004

What calander are you using?

[Phantom Lord]

I don't get it.........Is it OK they killed his son, In a HIGHLY brutal manner because...his dad was a leftist?????

Please show us a single post that says this.

[MamaLucci]

There's more to this story than meets the eye.

[mizzmouse]

I am going to say this once.........
We resigned up because our computer crashed, and we had to do all new information. we reformated the whole OS. Even givin the the reformat, It should say at least May of LAST year...