The face of Christianity?
No stranger to kooky proclamations, CBN's Pat Robertson called for the assassination of Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez. Fully absent any understanding of Christian principles, not to mention the ten commandments, Robertson advocated the use of U.S. covert operations to "take him out". Even more ludicrous was his muddy explanation of the danger that Mr. Chavez posed to the U.S. in the form of an old cold-war scare tactic (communism) and the more recent incarnation, global terror.
As off base and un-Christian as his comments were, he did express the underlying desire of many in the administration and conservative alike - that is, the removal of Chavez and the return to a more U.S. friendly government in one of the world's most oil-rich nations.
Oil being the most important factor in the divide between Venezuela and the U.S., it has lead our policy and framed the debate despite attempts to elevate it a more philosophical discussion of the nature of democracy. Without the economic component -oil- there would be little concern as to whether Chavez is socialist or an america-loving, right-wing evangelical.
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Brilliance:
"If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that
we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war." - Pat Robertson, 700 Club
One more (couldn't resist):"The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians." - Pat Robertson, fundraising letter, 1992
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