"...one might begin to wonder about Michael Berg, father of the recently decapitated Nicholas Berg. After watching al Qaida cut off his son’s head, Mr. Berg blames President Bush and describes his son’s murderers as ''sick people'' who have ''some good in them.'' "

with his kid killed in a grusom, and public way, IMO Michael can say whatever, and should not be critised, (or taken at face value). the man needs time to recover from what has happoned.

Originally Posted by jim's trucking

There is some strangeness surrounding the Nick Berg story. I haven't formed a solid opinion regarding his presence in Iraq, but it appears he was there trying to help rebuild the communications infrastructure. I don't understand why he was reportedly acting on his own and not through some major company. I don't understand why he didn't leave the country when advised by the Iraqi police to do so. There are a lot of unanswered questions related to his activity.

There's even a bigger question regarding his father, Michael Berg.





http://www.chronwatch.com/content/co...y.asp?aid=7452

"...one might begin to wonder about Michael Berg, father of the recently decapitated Nicholas Berg. After watching al Qaida cut off his son’s head, Mr. Berg blames President Bush and describes his son’s murderers as ''sick people'' who have ''some good in them.'' "

I'm wondering about this man myself. Was he privy to the reason his son was over there? Was his son a part of the CIA's undercover team? Or was he part of a political trade-off?
Information, which is sketchy at best, smells fishy right now.

That link needs an editor with even a tiny knowledge of history. The Crusades freed Europe from Muslim rule? That makes the author’s entire disconnected ramblings suspect.

Originally Posted by georged

That link needs an editor with even a tiny knowledge of history. The Crusades freed Europe from Muslim rule? That makes the author’s entire disconnected ramblings suspect.

What would be your version of that paragraph?



" Muslims invaded Europe, and imposed their religion upon Westerners by force. Christian armies drove them back. The Crusades lasted about 200 years, but freed Europe from Islamic rule for nearly 1,000 years. Islamic fascism has always been the aggressor."

The Crusades were almost three centuries of endless missions of basically pledged Christian military pillaging in attempts to free the Holy Land from Muslim control, ending in failure. There were other, lesser, crusades to other lands, but recovery of the Holy Lands provided the original rationalization of condoning violence in the name of the Christian God, still utilized to this day. The Pope called for crusades against his political enemies well into the 18th Century. England finally occupied the Holy Lands in 1917, as a result of the final collapse of the Ottoman Empire.