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I just think it shows how people are so naive that they actually believe that all people are good or even have some good in them. Some people have no good in them, are not capable of doing what is good and are so depraved that no one is going to get through.

I think you've hit the nail on the head. After hearing that this poor guy was Jewish, traveling around Iraq unescorted/protected, and the comment from his Dad about seeing the good in his captors, I truly believe the young man died of naivete. I see this kind of stupid naive behavior and theories around me everyday, and it just boggles my mind.

As a father myself, I believe it is my duty to make sure my daughter is brought up to not be this naive. His dad evidently failed him; I can only hope I don't fail my daughter this badly. I believe that this type of education is a man's first reponsibility to his children.

"traveling around Iraq unescorted/protected"

I think this was probably a big mistake, but logically, a lot of people don't consider or don't think about this as a "war" situation. People now have no concept of what war really is. The thought of going into the middle of Germany in say, 1944 to look for work, is that something someone would even come CLOSE to considering?? I highly doubt it. Granted, that was a world war and this isn't..but still, war is war and I think people are forgetting that point. This isn't a normal street-violence type of situation. Michael Berg has no business blaming anyone but the animals that did this treacherous act.