Michael S. Berg

Michael Berg was thrust into the media spotlight when his son, Nick, was abducted and killed in May, 2004 in Iraq in retaliation for the torture of Iraqis in Abu Ghraib prison. In addition to Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, he blamed George W Bush and Donald Rumsfeld for his son's death. Since that time, he has learned to find forgiveness for all of them and he shocked the corporate news media by responding to Zarqawi's death in 2006 with the statement: "Any man's death saddens me. Revenge stops and responsibility starts with me." Michael became a very vocal anti-war candidate when decided to run for congress in Delaware in 2006 with the support of The Green Party. He received only 1.8% of the vote.