Isn't it just a little odd that if Nicholas was truly a Bush supporter and believed in why we are in Iraq, that the father would have come out so strongly against Bush?
Even though the father clearly comes from the other side, doesn't it strike you as being a bit demeaning to his son's own opinions, to what was supposedly important to the son?
After all, if Bush hadn't liberated Iraq there would have been no reason for the altruistic Nick to visit Iraq and help the people there. Helping the Iraqi's would never even be a consideration to anybody.
Just another inconsistency in the fathers behavior, although I don't profess to understand the Left. And grief is a powerful influence on the mind.
Prairie
I find the father's behavior to be disrespectful of his son, if in fact his son believed in the liberation of Iraq. If Nick was a best friend, it would have been to the coalition and/or those Iraqis rejecting terrorism and the insurgency.
I will say this about those on the left I know, nothing happens based on ones own free will if there is a corporation, a Republican, or US government to blame. Still, I can't square this with the father saying Nick was a friend to terrorists.