George Bush never looked into Nick's eyes - Michael Berg

[Teddy_Salad]

By Michael Berg, father of Nick Berg

George Bush never looked into my son's eyes. George Bush doesn't know my son, and he is the worse for it. George Bush, though a father himself, cannot feel my pain, or that of my family, or of the world that grieves for Nick, because he is a policymaker, and he doesn't have to bear the consequences of his acts. George Bush can see neither the heart of Nick nor that of the American people, let alone that of the Iraqi people his policies are killing daily.

...http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1221644,00.html

[Ironpost]

1. as Paul O'neil said

like a blind man in a room full of deaf people. I wish that when I say I'm sorry would help. After 34 years I had a gentilman say to me thank you. My heart is with you.

[mistertrickster]

2. And you have to read a powerful moving statement like that in a UK

newspaper . . . Unbelievable.

Thanks for the post.

[The Shadow]

3. Very Nice Piece By Michael Berg

Very moving. Very articulate.

[struggle4progress]

4. It's worth reading. Thanks for the post.

"So what were we to do when we in America were attacked on September 11, that infamous day? I say we should have done then what we never did before: stop speaking to the people we labelled our enemies and start listening to them. Stop giving preconditions to our peaceful coexistence on this small planet, and start honouring and respecting every human's need to live free and autonomously, to truly respect the sovereignty of every state. To stop making up rules by which others must live and then separate rules for ourselves."

[Teddy_Salad]

5. Shameless Kick

This is a great article.

[Paradise]

6. thanks for posting this. n/t

[LWolf]

7. This is a great article.

Michael Berg is eloquent.

When will this appear in an American newspaper?

George Bush's ineffective leadership is a weapon of mass destruction, and it has allowed a chain reaction of events that led to the unlawful detention of my son which immersed him in a world of escalated violence. Were it not for Nick's detention, I would have had him in my arms again. That detention held him in Iraq not only until the atrocities that led to the siege of Fallujah, but also the revelation of the atrocities committed in the jails in Iraq, in retaliation for which my son's wonderful life was put to an end.

My son's work still goes on. Where there was one peacemaker before, I now see and have heard from thousands of peacemakers. Nick was a man who acted on his beliefs. We, the people of this world, now need to act on our beliefs. We need to let the evildoers on both sides of the Atlantic know that we are fed up with war. We are fed up with the killing and bombing and maiming of innocent people. We are fed up with the lies. Yes, we are fed up with the suicide bombers, and with the failure of the Israelis and Palestinians to find a way to stop killing each other. We are fed up with negotiations and peace conferences that are entered into on both sides with preset conditions that preclude the outcome of peace. We want world peace now.

[0007]

8. Bring the troops home

Stop junior from killing anymore, frog march junior straight to the Hague.