It Keeps Getting Worse

Any number of the big websites have already covered this--and I just came across the story after taking care of a few things here.

Atrios and Kos both note that al Zarqawi, who apparently is behind this tragedy, actually could have been aprehended several times prior to Mr. Bush's splendid little war (which Billmon, as always, right on target, called the "21st century's answer to the Spanish-American War"--all irony intentional)--but the US left him alone in hopes that it would further "justify" the invasion.

Nick Berg became a pawn in a ridiculous game being played by the cynical (Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz), the maniacal (bin Laden, Cheney), and the ignorant (Bush). Now he's dead.

Sadly, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the neocons seek to use the circumstances of Berg's killing for political gain. It's amazing how low they will go.