Nick Berg was beheaded in Iraq two years ago and his death was famously recorded on video complete with the sound of his dying. The tape was sent to news outlets and was broadcast across the world.
The horror was stunning, especially to Western sensibilities. We don't do such things. They do, and they did, and they relish it.
Zarqawi was not only behind such killings, he was reportedly the one who killed Nick Berg on camera. So now that the killer is dead, how does Nick's father react?
Incredibly, Michael Berg says he finds no satisfaction in that. He says he's sad ''that another human being had to die.'' He tells the media he's ''learned to forgive'' and has empathy for Zarqawi's family because of their loss.
In fact, he doesn't blame Zarqawi for his son's death or for the thousands killed in bombings instigated by al-Qaida under Zarqawi's direction. He blames President Bush and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld.
Yes, it's all George and Don's fault.
2006-06-12 15:42:04 · 9 answers · asked by scorpion 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The media even expressed sympathy for Zarqawi's death, mirroring Nick Berg's father in his ''sadness'' that a man died – that man being the murderer of his own son!
As details clarify, it appears no child was killed in the raid, as had first been reported. However, adding more fuel to the fire were reports that when Iraqi police first came to the scene, Zarqawi was alive for a short time on the stretcher.
Well! Reporters went crazy. When did he die? How many minutes was he alive? What killed him? Were his photos doctored? Was he shot? And on and on.
The media goal, of course, is to find us – the U.S. – guilty, in their minds, of murder. And if they believe that, they'll want Bush and Rumsfeld and our military to stand trial.
They have no morals, no ethics, no sense.
They're helping Islamic terrorists win.
It's treason.
But Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is still dead. And that's a good thing.
2006-06-12 15:50:28 · update #1
Hahaha...people don't get it! I get what you are saying and totally agree with the point that you are trying to make. Don't you love how liberals can twist everything to somehow end up being GWB's fault! They try to give off this forgiving and peaceful vibe when at the same time they rally for affirmative action and other sorts. If you can forgive people like Zarqawi who was directly involved in several brutal murders, why can't you guys forgive the white people who had nothing to do with the horrible things that happened in the past? I don't think that I'll ever understand.
2006-06-12 17:25:05 · answer #1 · answered by ~ Sara ~ 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The vast majority of humans are repulsed by violent murder no matter what your political stripe.
You can't change what happened but you can control your response. I'm not condoning tolerating violence, I'm just cautioning against escalating the violence.
Thats why in most civilized countries we give a murderer rights instead of just forming a mob and executing him on the spot. We don't allow him to go free but we don't resort to revenge either. Revenge hurts us all.
Using violence to justify more violence just increases the chance that one day it will be your turn.
Its easy to provoke hate. Hate for foreigners. Hate for your political rivals (who happen to be your fellow citizens). If you realy dislike this kind of violence then you should be trying to promote justice for all. Justice for all starts with being fair to your rivals.
Wanting peace and preventing violence is not about the right-left political divide. Its about wanting to have freedom for all humans. If we divide ourselves into us and them, then there is no hope for peace.
Along with a firm but civilized concept of justice, love and compassion are the answers and this is not about liberalism its about being a caring human being.
2006-06-12 23:52:24 · answer #2 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no need to convince me, i am ony 16 so i cant vote but if i could i would not have done it for bush. yes it is all his fault and i am some times ashamed to be american when i see what we have done to them because of bush. in history we have been the "good guys" we freed others from opression, we stood up for those who could not stand, we did good every where we went. now we push others around, we opress, we kill the helpless. that is the america we live in, and i am asamed of it. i know what i want america to look like, and it is not this. i only hope that when i am older i can do some thing about it. i know i will try.
2006-06-12 22:54:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does that have to do with being a liberal again?
2006-06-12 22:56:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing would convince me to become a liberal.
2006-06-12 22:47:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a liberal... but this wouldn't convince me. Interesting story though.
2006-06-12 22:45:31 · answer #6 · answered by Amanda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Still not a liberal.
2006-06-12 23:11:48 · answer #7 · answered by alieneddiexxx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is why I am NOT a liberal.
2006-06-12 22:51:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what a moron, this guy has no clue.....
2006-06-12 22:48:02 · answer #9 · answered by truthteller 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋