[Peace-discuss] Robertson calls for Chavez assassination

[Wendy Edwards]

http://www.northernsun.com/n/s/1430.html

Hmmmm.... I want.


On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 07:24:04AM -0700, Ricky Baldwin wrote:
> I don't want to imply that this visionary by himself
> is evidence of US policy - but I do recall a photo of
> him reviewing the troops (contras) down in the area of
> Nicaragua back in the 80s, and a few other tidbits. 
> Maybe somebody else knows whether he has a hotline to
> the W as well as to Jesus.  But it will be interesting
> to see who on the Religious Right can distance
> themselves from him on this, and who will beat around
> the bush (no pun intended).
> -Ricky
> 
> Televangelist Calls for Chavez' Death
> Tue Aug 23 6:20 AM ET
> AP
> 
> VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Religious broadcaster Pat
> Robertson suggested on-air that American operatives
> assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to stop
> his country from becoming "a launching pad for
> communist infiltration and Muslim extremism." 
> 
> "We have the ability to take him out, and I think the
> time has come that we exercise that ability,"
> Robertson said Monday on the Christian Broadcast
> Network's "The 700 Club."
> 
> "We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of
> one, you know, strong-arm dictator," he continued.
> "It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert
> operatives do the job and then get it over with."
> 
> Chavez has emerged as one of the most outspoken
> critics of President Bush, accusing the United States
> of conspiring to topple his government and possibly
> backing plots to assassinate him. U.S. officials have
> called the accusations ridiculous.
> 
> "You know, I don't know about this doctrine of
> assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to
> assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go
> ahead and do it," Robertson said. "It's a whole lot
> cheaper than starting a war ... and I don't think any
> oil shipments will stop."
> 
> Robertson, 75, founder of the Christian Coalition of
> America and a former presidential candidate, accused
> the United States of failing to act when Chavez was
> briefly overthrown in 2002.
> 
> Electronic pages and a message to a Robertson
> spokeswoman were not immediately returned Monday
> evening.
> 
> Venezuela is the fifth largest oil exporter and a
> major supplier of oil to the United States. The CIA
> estimates that U.S. markets absorb almost 59 percent
> of Venezuela's total exports.
> 
> Venezuela's government has demanded in the past that
> the United States crack down on Cuban and Venezuelan
> "terrorists" in Florida who they say are conspiring
> against Chavez.
> 
> Robertson has made controversial statements in the
> past. In October 2003, he suggested that the State
> Department be blown up with a nuclear device. He has
> also said that feminism encourages women to "kill
> their children, practice witchcraft, destroy
> capitalism and become lesbians."
> 
> 
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