Father of American beheaded in Iraq calls handover a sham

The Boston Herald ^ | 6/30/04 | Associated Press

[Jenya]

{{Barf Alert}}

Mickey Berg is shooting off his crazy mouth again.

[VoiceOfBruck]

they beheaded the wrong guy

[bigghurtt]

<>``I didn't agree with his political reasons for going (to Iraq), although he was only there to help, and I certainly was worried about the danger,'' he said. ``But ... my son was 26 years old and he was a man and you don't stop him from doing what he feels is right. I couldn't have stopped him.''

at least someone in the family is a man.

[cake_crumb]

Complicit in his son's murder and angry the public saw the results of his A.N.S.W.E.R. affiliation in the online video, papa Berg continues to ensure his son died to further the cause of terrorists. Bet he's proud.

[proud American in Canada]

Once again he uses his son's death as an opportunity to advance his political agenda.

[Corin Stormhands]

Mr. Berg, your 15 minutes of fame are up.

[NCPAC]

It is beyond disgusting how this moron exploits his son's murder as a platform to spout total anti-American BS. As a father, I truly sympathize with Mr. Berg - but as an American, I find him beneath contempt.

[JeeperFreeper]

Q: Why is the poor demented man's ideas or words more newsworthy than others who have lost relatives in Iraq?
A: He bashes Bush, the war and parrots demonstrably untrue leftist lies.
I am quickly losing any sympathy for him.

[exile]

Just by reading the headline, I knew it had to be Berg. I must be psychic.

[End Times Sentinel]

``People like George Bush and (Defense Secretary) Donald Rumsfeld, they don't see the pain that people have to bear, they don't know what it feels like to have your guts ripped out, and there are so many people,'' he said.

And maybe, Mickey, you don't know what it's like to have your children imprisoned and tortured in front of you.  Or to be thrown into a plastic shredder.  Or to have your wife raped in front of you.  Or have your arms broken or hand chopped off or have Dobermans siced on you?  Does that matter?  Are Iraqis people?  Are you comfortable with turning your back on that?

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”

[lilylangtree]

Go home and mourn your son, Michael! If you'd been the right kind of father, your son would be alive and well at home.

[EggsAckley]

LOL! Yes they did. And we can also thank Mikey Moore for this. Berg should be arrested for treason. JMHO, of course.

[maestro]

Sham?

When Saddam stands before this transfer of POWER, he'll wish it is a shsm!

[Rushgrrl]

I never had any sympathy for this man. He's done nothing since day one but use his poor son's death as a tool for his furthering his political agenda and it makes me sick. This man should be taken out to the "sandbox" and left for his lovely friends the terrorists have at him. Ugh..makes my stomach turn that this man calls himself an American.

[stainlessbanner]

You beat me to it.

[cake_crumb]

They beheaded the right guy: the father is one of them. It wouldn't look good in the terrorist recruitment videos if you're seen murdering one from your side.

[COEXERJ145]

Michael Moore's mini-me is running his trap again.

[BSunday]

America to Berg: STFU you idiot.

[BunnySlippers]

Bingo!

[siunevada]

We know that the Iraqi people have not had an election yet, so we do not have a democracy over there, we just have a dictatorship of Bush and (Prime Minister Tony) Blair,

Gee, I don't know, this sounds like such a well reasoned argument. Everything should happen immediately, shouldn't it?

I mean, socialism immediately created a utopia on earth with no effort at all, so we should be doing that, right?

The man's irrational anger is understandable. Giving him a public forum for venting his spleen is not. This is not "news" or even an opinion worthy of wide distribution.