Posted on 06/29/2004 7:44:52 AM PDT by Ironfocus
London - The father of a US civilian beheaded in Iraq dismissed as an illusion trick the handover of power to an Iraqi interim administration as he joined anti-war campaigners on a visit to London to Tuesday.
"This transfer of power is nothing more than another nut and shell game of the Bush and Blair coalition" Michael Berg, 59, said of Monday's surprise handover two days earlier than planned.
"We know that the Iraqi people have not had an election yet and so we do not have a democracy over there, we just have a dictatorship of Bush and Blair," he said at a press conference for the Stop The War Coalition, in London.
Berg's son, Nick, 26, who ran his own communications business, was murdered by Iraqi insurgents last month, after being kidnapped in Baghdad.
Three days after his headless body was discovered, a video tape of the execution was posted on a website linked to al-Qaeda, leading to worldwide condemnation.
Berg, wearing a T-shirt inscribed with the name of an anti-war website (VoteNoWar.org), will join British anti-war demonstrators outside the Houses of Parliament later on Tuesday to demand coalition troops come home.
"Bush told us we had to go to war because Iraq played a part in the destruction of the twin towers, because Saddam Hussein had WMD (weapons of mass destruction), because there were connections between him and al-Qaeda", he said.
All that was false, "it was just greed," he said.
The removal of Saddam's regime had not brought stability to Iraq and "11 000 plus Iraqi citizens have been killed," Berg said. "Each one of them is as affected as I was."
This man has absolutely no shame and is riding the beheaded corpse of his son to a position of spokesman for the ultra-left. Disgusting.
my meaning of feeling for the guy, is as a parent myself, thats all... but he has just gone bye bye. Thus the prozac need. I can feel for him (or I did) but I have no sympathy
How is he any different from Al Gore or Michael Moore ?
Perhaps not so absurd, considering the current lunacy of the left. (well, okay probably pretty absurd.)
LOL...gimme a U
Hopefully, his DNA will terminate with the loss of his son. The human gene pool will improve overall from such a loss. It will improve further when he kicks the bucket.
OR..James Carvellum!
This guy has finally lost his head...
Why is what he says important?
Now the guy's a foreign policy expert?
"This guy is a traitor. He is actively attempting to cause us to lose in Iraq. He should be locked up."
"How is he any different from Al Gore or Michael Moore ?"
Neither one of them has had their offspring beheaded, by blood thirsty murders. Wonder why this family waited until President Bush removed Saddam to go to Iraq? Now the daddy wants to blame President Bush.
This guy is a lunatic.
Excellent!
I would only add that Nick Berg was in no "communications" business, but rather was a maladjusted, pampered American who, last I heard was on his way to Turkey to go for a sail, or some such nonsense.
What's the matter with that picture?
I'll tell you ... it's called genetic malfunction.
It seems that his rage over losing his son is and has been directed at the Bush administration. I would hope, at some point, that he can let his son rest in peace. Little does he know that by stoking the fires of his own political beliefs that he is throwing water on the embers of his sons short life. Anger is typical when someone loses a loved one. Making it into a political volley ball match is another thing. His son had strong beliefs that what he was doing was good for the people of Iraq. And if I am not mistaken he also supported Bush. I don't see how he is supporting his son's legacy. I hope his anger turns to prayer, may he find the answers he is seeking. Nick Berg rest in peace. I will pray for Nick's father. I hope at some point he finds peace as well.
Yes, I Agree With You.
Mr. Michael Berg is a SHAM and also a SHAME to America.
What IS He Hiding anyway?
There is something about this "Bereaved" Dad just does Not add up.
Mr. Berg's very Public and Vocal Behaviors are not becoming of a "Grieving" parent.
I hope that the FBI, Homeland Security and CIA are looking into these people and also WHY? his son was running all around Iraq without restraint or Fear?
What was he doing there anyway?
I don't for one NY minute believe that Nick Berg was in Iraq, a DANGEROUS WAR ZONE to just randomly put up some sort of Utility or Communication Poles...Do any of You believe that???
I said it before and I'll say it again...
In my Opinion,
Maybe Mr. Berg and his late son were involved with something concerning alqueda or the so-called Islamic "Freedom" Fighters; giving the ENEMY Information and they got IN way over their coping capabilities.
Usually, when someone is about to Die, they call out for their Mother and for GOD'S Help to "Save" them.
When he screamed "NO....NO...NO...NO"...etc.
He was reacting to being BETRAYED, he was astonished that "They" would actually kill him.
Something remains...Very FISHY with this entire episode.
One Day, maybe, The TRUTH will be known.
Again, just how do Al Gore and Michael Moore differ from this description ?
--It will improve further when he kicks the bucket.--
yes it will but unfortunatly, there are other nuts to take his place
Dear Sir,
I am a lunatic, and on behalf of lunatics everywhere, I object in the strongest possible terms to being compared to Michael Berg.
I expect an immediate retraction.
Also, I want slippery wigs on grocery bananas to vibrate and flash, just like the man who I call Mr. Winkles who follows me from the milk well uptown.
Yours,
Lazamataz.
Michael, if you'd been the right kind of a father, your son would be alive and well in the US. Go home and do the right thing NOW, mourn your son.
berg needs to follow his son's way to iraq to help his beloved islamic jihadists - he will end up the same way. deservedly dead.
I seriously wonder if there is some sort of legal twist that could shut this guy up.
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