I think the answer could be in his father's eagerness to place all the blame on our government. The FBI questioned Nick one too many times, making his friends get suspicious that he might be a double agent. He's talking to them, he's talking to the FBI --- it would explain why the son would blame the government for detaining him.
Kerry, if he has a brain, will keep Berg Sr. off stage.
If Berg Jr. turns out to have been on an ill-conceived ANSWER-Al Queda liason mission, and Kerry is seen in a single picture with him, the Al Queda-ANSWER tag will stick to KERRY like crazy-glued velcro.
I'm sorry to repeat myself, but in the context of how this kid was killed, how is possible for his father to use the phrase best friend? I can't fathom it under any circumstances whatsoever.
If he was referring to Iraqis as those to whom he would have been a best friend, the butchery was not claimed by the 'Iraqis', it was claimed by an arm of Al Qaeda, wasn't it? So when he says they killed their best friend, what's he referring to? I mean maybe I have the thing wrong, and I'd like to know if I do. Nonetheless very, very strange.
I also want to say that I'm not trying to minimize this kid's horrific death, at all, and I don't think anyone else who is speculating is either. It's really unrealistic to expect people to dismiss these coincidences so easily. I don't think this thread is all that tin foiley really.