Mr Stickey - I don't agree with you, but it's just in a general way- many folks echo your sentiment, and I disagree with the general sentiment itself.
That is- the idea that this act was so horrible that it demonstrates how "sick" Iraqis (or terrorists, natch) are, and that Americans are collectively sickened by this act, and would never commit such a foul act. Obviously, this is far from the truth. Every day Americans are brutally raped, beaten, and murdered in our very borders. If you'd like to know how sick Americans are, just browse here:
http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/
Read some of the stories of the grotesque, sick, humiliating acts done by Americans to other Americans. What's alarming about this? Well, many Americans claim there shouldn't be a death penalty at all- so folks who have committed these acts would serve life in prison, or whatever candy-azz penalty they "deserve". So, to put it simply, Americans really DON'T care about sickos like this, as long as they don't personally *witness* the act, and as long as it's an American. If it's a foreigner- well, all bets are off.
This isn't meant as an attack on folks who think Berg's death was sick, humiliating, so on... far from it. This is simply a statement that no, Americans do not actually care that much about the disgusting acts that murderers commit, in general.
On a side note, my personal conspiracy theory is a simple one- that Nick Berg was American Intelligence, and he was captured and killed, then disavowed. There's really little else that makes sense about a 26 year old guy speaking Arabic and chatting up fellow prisoners while making Iraqi contacts, who is visited multiple times by FBI, before being kidnapped and murdered.
On another side note, I'm a *liberal*, generally, so feel free to avoid bashing me as a Bushite conservative... I simply feel that murderers and rapists have given up their right to breathe, that's all.