Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is believed to have personally beheaded American contractor Nicholas Berg 2004, an execution that was broadcast on the Internet.
Berg's father, however, feels no vindication that Zarqawi was killed Wednesday in a U.S. airstrike.
From the Associated Press:
Michael Berg, a pacifist who is running for Delaware's lone House seat on the Green Party ticket, said al-Zarqawi's death is likely to foster anti-American resentment among al-Qaida members who feel they have nothing left to lose.
Berg said the blame for most deaths in Iraq should be placed on President Bush, who he said is "more of a terrorist than Zarqawi."
"Zarqawi felt my son's breath on his hand as held the knife against his throat. Zarqawi had to look in his eyes when he did it," Berg added, pausing to collect himself. "George Bush sits there glassy-eyed in his office with pieces of paper and condemns people to death. That to me is a real terrorist."
I'm no Ann Coulter, so I will leave it to others to determine where Michael Berg, a grieving father, I'm sure, is coming from.
But I'm stunned.
(H/T to 26th Parallel.)
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