Since Rev Fred Phelps loves Iraq so much?
970232
A waste of money. There are far cheaper ways to deal with trash like Phelps.
781549
Yeah, he's a decorated "war hero"....coughbullshitcough....  Yeah, he's demonstrated that he can pull out of a fight when his unit needs him with the best of 'em.\n\nI've gotten the elitist impression from him before, but this "study hard or you'll wind up in Iraq" BS is just over the top.  I was 10 friggin' points from qualifying for the triple nines (that's way over being just a MENSA) & I was a Marine infantryman.  If I was still in the corps, you know where I'd be?  That's right, Iraq.  Study hard, students, or you'll wind up becoming a whack-job elitist left-wing politician.
968509
I think you're exaggerating - the only people who feel that way about the servicemen are those wackjobs from the Westboro Baptist Church - nobody else is picketing funerals, etc.\n\nI believe, even though many of us are against the war in Iraq, we all respect and are thankful for the sacrifices that are made by the armed services personnel who are there.\n\nWe made a mistake in this country treating the vets of the Viet Nam war without respect - we have learned from that shameful attitude which is a low moment in our country's history. I don't believe we will ever again confuse the conflict with the warriors,the westboro baptist church, notwithstanding.\n\nedited to add: LOL does the poster above truly think that LIBERALS are the people who don't know how to do an honest day's work???? LOL LOL LOL I guess he hasn't seen the lifestyles of the conservative and greedy LOL
1085919
Absolutely, he thinks of himself as some kind of God's helper. He beleives that this world will end soon because of the Chistian fundamentalist superstitions of the apocalipse. He beleives that it is his place to start WW3.  He even talks about using Nukes, is that insane or what!?\n\nHe is also from an oil family, and like Iraq, he beleives he needs to get control of all the oil he can in the middle east. He needs to be stopped or at least reined in. The congress in this country is bought and paid for by those who have a stake in money and power so it will be business as usual and they will allow him to do as he pleases.\n\nI am ashamed of my country, the United States for what it's become.
508396
He stands under a judgment of GOD. He has committed blasphemy. And he will stand before the throne and the innocent will cry for justice, Phelps will be sentenced to eternal damnation unless he repents. But that is unlikely because his heart is so hard that it will never change.\n\nHe is driven by the desire for power. Like all ego manics he claims divine ordainment. But he is not of God and his purposes are evil.\n\nI have encountered some of his followers in San Francisco. Pulling out my Bible I asked them just where in it does it contain the commandment to hate. It was an interesting time, Because I was standing next to those people the homosexuals walking by assumed I was with them and expressed angry retribution towards me. meanwhile on the other side I was getting a hard time from the WBC people.\n\nI finally stopped going to Church becuase of people like that. I am not gay, but I can't stand people that are that ignorant and hateful. When a church has people like that in it you can be sure that theholy spirit is not there.\n\n\nI have often thought of putting out a postcard with 3 pictures on it. One of a gay man beaten to death and hung in a barbed wire fence, a picture of Christ upon the cross, and a picture of WBC people holding up signs saying "fagots burn in hell" \n\nUnderneath the pictures would be the captions \n"Gay" "Christ" "Christian??"
643039
His family was part of the Iraqi military.\n\n\n\n\nGod bless
940210
YEEEEE HAAAAA!!!!\n\nBush really needs his Jeffy tonite, eh!!!
230002
Yes I do, My brother in law is in Iraq right now, and he is very proud of what he is there for.
1030852
About the only people who agree with Phelps are the people in his church, which happen to be mostly family members.  At most of his protests, there are less than a hundred people.  By contrast, the Patriot Guard Riders, a group opposed to his crap and tactics, typically have several hundred show up at his protests to support military families.   Phelps is in the same category as Jim Jones, Heavens Gate, and the rest of those wacko frootloops...just another stupid little cult with radical ideas.
987534
Phelps has more supporters in the Republican Party with his "God Hates Fags" drivel.\n\nOf course, I'm sure you already knew that.\n\nEDIT: Oh, I can read all right, and I know that Fred Phelps no more represents the Democratic Party than David Dukes did. OTOH, how do you justify the fact that Phelps' hateful rhetoric is shared by many of those in the Republican Party?
371999
Many,yes and not just that.he send our kids to Iraq to get killed just to increase his wealth. and more than that charge us money for their killing. he must send his daughters first to Iraq. I am wandering why Americans still sending their kids.
786560
I am a Bible believing Christian and live in Texas, but never supported the man, especially in his unjustified invasion of Iraq. I know that if it were not for church folks, team George W. Bush would never have gotten enough support to invade Iraq. Ironic, isn't it? Almost everyone saw the hypocrisy but church folks. As per religious, the man is - but being religious does not mean being a Christian just as being a republican does not mean being a Christian.
508968
That's great. get my family's share of the Iraq war back from Haliburton, and I'll gladly donate it to Second Harvest and Planned Parenthood.
899488
Fred Phelps is waste of time. I will not even discuss him any farther. \nHowever I would like to redirect your thoughts the men and women of the Patriot Guard. They come together and escort the funeral processions and act as human shields between the greiving family/friends and the godless reverand phelps' people.\nI have serval friends in the Patriot Gaurd, most are former soldiers, all are true Americans. Give your support and thoughts to those that deserve it and stop wasteing time on the other guy. The more we address him and his teaching the more justified he feels.
1028413
I'm an American living in Jordan, and I actually know quite a few Iraqis. I find that most of them really actually like americans, but think that George Bush is crazy. Most arabs ar really good about distinguishing people from their governments, i.e. we dont get blamed for what our government has done.
489785
Not only do I not support him, but he has made me reconsider my stance on free speech. You may hate the war and hate our president but I do not feel that anybody has the right to protest, disrupt and spew hate at a solders funeral. They are our sons and daughters serving us, so that we can go about our daily lives. They follow the orders of our government and lay down their lives on our behalf. It is not there fault that the war may be wrong, they are doing what they believe has to be done. Right or wrong, they are serving us. If we change our leaders and told them to come home they would, If we told them to charge he11 with a bucket of water, they would do that too.\n\nIf Fred showed up at my sons funeral, I would personally walk up and shoot him in the mouth and then do the same to his fascist daughter as well.\n\nThe more of these right and left wing wack jobs that pop up, the more in favor of limits to free speech I become, and that's not good!
215228
To me, the Westboro Baptist Church has to be the single most offensive thing to come out of Kansas since gods know when (or at least neck and neck with SAG Phil Kline). However, they could become part of what may turn out to be the most far-reaching legal decision to come out of Kansas since Oliver Brown sued Topeka's school board; or a decision that may become nothing more than an unused reference in some law textbook.\nThe Phelps clan and their ilk are extremely easy to dislike. So easy, in fact, that they (at times) have me challenging my deeply held beliefs in both the essential nature of freedom of speech, as well as the inherent decency of the practitioners of Christianity. Setting aside the second point (which I absolutely will NOT debate in a civilized setting); even the first had me shaken.\nThis issue is a true test of how far Americans are willing to defend their freedoms. In other words, are we as a people willing to support their right to speak out against (what they see as) current policies of the government, while both condemning their actions and peacefully countering their claims? Or are we going to allow our baser emotions and reactionary politicians limit their right to expression, trusting in those same politicians to later leave our rights unmolested?\nAs far as I am concerned... I will put him (and the bikers, and the counter-protestors) out of mind; and I will wish Mr. Phelps all the best, in a prayer that he lives out the rest of his days in total obscurity, never to be heard from again. Which would, if I read the man correctly; p*** him off to no end. :)