My heart grieves.

My heart grieves for the family of Nick Berg.

Can you imagine getting a phone call to tell you that your son has been killed in a foreign land? Can you imagine, two days later, finding out that there is a video on the internet showing your son being decapitated? Can you imagine having having hundreds of reporters on your doorstep wanting your every reaction to this horrendous act, to the death of your beloved child, a child that wanted to help others?

My heart grieves for the mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters of the tortured Iraqi men who were kept at Abu Ghraib prison.

Can you imagine seeing your loved one humiliated? Can you imagine seeing your loved one bruised, beaten, and degraded? Can you imagine having the world at your doorstep wondering about your affiliations, your loyalties?

War is a horrendous event.

The people who have partaken in all of these acts have perpetrated crimes that are far beyond the horrendous acts of war. They have taken actions into their own hands and have humiliated and killed not only the people that are the direct victims but they have hurt entire nations.

These crimes are not indicative of democracy, Islam, or any number of other affiliations that people may want to associate with them.  They are the acts of people who are not seeing reason, who are not seeing the humanity of the people they are dealing with. The victims have become a cause.

A cause I don’t support.