Reaction to the death of Nick Berg

AP ^ | 5-11-04

[My Favorite Headache]

Reaction to the death of Nick Berg

Associated Press

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell expressed his "deepest condolences" to the Berg family.

"It just seems so senseless that an American can go over there and try to help this country rebuild its telecommunications infrastructure and wind up with a fate like this," Rendell said.

Rendell said he believes Berg's captors "misread" the American will.

"If they think that acts like this will cause the American people to decide that the time has come to cut and run, I think they will find that the American people will have their resolve strengthened by atrocities like this," Rendell said.

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"It's terrible," said Rep. John P. Murtha, D-Pa., a decorated Vietnam War veteran and leading House military hawk who lately has been highly critical of the Bush administration's policy on Iraq. "That's absolutely sickening. And when you don't have enough resources, this is what happens when we don't have enough troops on the ground."

"All of these things add up to make it much more difficult," Murtha said. "We're taught to retaliate things like that. And yet if you do - and I understand the troops wants to, that's the way you're taught to do - it's terrible. And there's going to be an uproar in the country. As there should be."

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Republican Sen. Arlen Specter, who is from Philadelphia and in line to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee next year, vowed an "intensive manhunt" to find the executioners, whom he believed would be identified despite their face-covering masks.

"They brag about it," Specter said. "This is the kind of atrocity that is going to be pursued, that is not going to go away. And I think it'll produce an intensive manhunt."

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Rep. Jim Gerlach, a first-term Republican who represents the district where the Bergs live, said he had been working with the family since March, when Nick was detained by Iraqi police. At the family's request, Gerlach said he turned to the State Department, the FBI and the U.S. military for help.

"I don't know if there was a sufficient response," Gerlach said after an afternoon meeting with the Bergs. "The question is whether or not there was enough effort being made to find out what was going on with regards to Nick, and then have Nick be in a position then to get out of the country."

[GnL]

I vote for a couple well-placed Daisy Cutters. Let's end this madness right frickin now.

[Ramius]

I went ahead and downloaded the movie of this today, and I wish I hadn't. You can't unsee things. I have plenty of rage stored up toward those parasites, and I really didn't need any more.

At least they didn't put panties on his head. That would have been an atrocity.

[livius]

Few tears would be shed.

[Lilj75]

Please tell me where you found that video. My husband is retired military. We would appreciate it if you could at least give us a location??

[Kackikat]

Hazing and old military initiation stunts are not to be compared with beheading an innocent american civilian!
As much as I hated seeing the "abuses" of our MP's, it was nothing compared to this senseless barbaric act!

[GrandEagle]

I somewhat understand not simply mowing down everyone in sight but what I just can't get is when we see the enemy dancing the jig around one of our guys in a burning Hummer or tank and we do nothing. Seems like we have got a group of the enemy in one place at times like that. Then as you said, a couple well-placed Daisy Cutters. seems to be just the ticket.

[ThreePuttinDude]

I saw the Daniel Pearl video, and since then have been unable to erase it from my memory. It still pops up in my dreams from time to time.

These Islamists are just out and out sick. The only thing they know is strength. We need to do more than just flex, we need to strike, and strike hard NOW

[Pukin Dog]

Let it burn, and dont support Liberal media.

[Let's Roll]

"At least they didn't put panties on his head. That would have been an atrocity."

How merciful - they operate with such compassion and humanity. Well, what else could you expect from the religion of peace?

[blue-duncan]

Make a copy and email it to each of those opportunistic Senators who are responsible for exaggerating the humiliation of terrorist prisoners for political points. Unfortunately, they will think you are encouraging them rather than holding them responsible for an American's death. They can't be shamed, they are Democrats.

[breakem]

http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/iraq2vediom.wmv

[arthurus]

It is time for the KAABAMOAB

[Tuxedo]

There has to be some retribution here. This guy was nonmilitary and just there to help rebuild communications (IE: earn a living). Un-fricking-believeable. So, wonder about the outrage now from the Dems on the prison abuse "scandal"? Clearly we don't behead the bad guys, who were actively TRYING TO KILL OUR TROOPS each day, but perhaps some humilation in order to extract some info, or what have you. The soldiers there are under tremendous stress against an enemy who looks like anyone else, and who strikes without warning with car bombs, roadside bombs, suicide attacks, etc. Then they actually catch some of the bastards that killed their friends, they get put in a prison, and then they are expected to treat these subhumans with dignity? Tell me, when we do get OBL, are we going to bring him to the US and try him like the guys who bombed the towers in 1993? Does he then go to jail?

Time to start fighting their way... live by the sword... die by the sword.

[Rocko]

http://drive.hostnow.biz/iraq/iraq2vedio.ram
http://drive.hostnow.biz/iraq/iraq2vediow.zip
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[My Favorite Headache]

http://patriotjournal.freehomepage.com/custom.htm

This has the video here

[wastoute]

Notice how the airwaves are clogged with images of devout muslims carrying signs and shouting their denunciations of this vile act. Oh, you don't notice? Neither do I. In fact the silence is deafening, isn't it? Isn't it Rev 15 where the slain martyrs ask "When, Oh when, Oh God, will our blood be avenged?" Soon, children, very soon...

[highlandbreeze]

hannity.com

[Newtoidaho]

My reaction: They kill one of ours, we kill 100,000 of theirs.

[arthurus]

Moslems are partil ro beheading folks. Every war involving them produces pictures of happy moslems carrying around boxes of heads. Bosnia and Indonesia come imediately to mind.