He said their deaths befitted their complicity, but that's not the same as saying they deserved to die for it. If a person who's overweight, doesn't exercise, and eats nothing but McDonalds even when he knows all those things are bad for him, if that person dies of a heart attack, his death befits him. But I would never say that he deserved to die for his actions.

And in fact, all Americans are guilty. Do you pay your taxes? You're complicit in funding the war and Dick Cheney's closed energy meetings. Do you buy anything that's made in overseas sweatshops? Of course you do, it's nearly impossible to live in this country and only buy local, USA made products any more. How about your electricity and heat? Do they come from 100% renewable, sustainable sources? If not, you're complicit. No one living in mainstream America is exempt from being a part of the system. Doesn't mean you deserve to die, it just means you live in the United States.

To compare Churchill with Phelps is ridiculous. Churchill's comments were first presented in a secular, academic paper and taken out of context by Fox News. Phelps spews his deranged and delusional ignorance to anyone who will listen because he thinks he's a Messiah.

To defend Bill O'Reilly in any way is indefensible, imo.