[Dolphy]

Then, referring to his son's executioners, he said: "They did not know what they were doing. They killed their best friend."

What does this mean? The more I read about this the odder it becomes. Nothing will change my feelings about Berg's fate but between his father's remarks and his own careless wandering through Iraq, one can't help but scratch their heads.

[Piranha]

I think what Michael Berg means is that he opposed American involvement in Iraq, but he reconciled himself to his son's business there because he was an apolitical, benevolent do-gooder who was trying to build the infrastructure of their country, not an American soldier with a political agenda.

I agree with those other posters that he is politicizing his son's death, when his son seems to have been quite apolitical. I fear that in a few months he will be just as vociferous in his public statements, and probably will even speak at the Democratic Convention.

[Steve_Seattle]

"The more I read about this the odder it becomes. Nothing will change my feelings about Berg's fate but between his father's remarks and his own careless wandering through Iraq, one can't help but scratch their heads."

Yes, the whole thing about why the Iraqi police detained Berg had been murky from the get-go. Is it possible that he secretly shared his father's views and was working in some way against the coalition?