Pat Robertson calls for assassination of foreign leader

AP:

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson called on Monday for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, calling him a "terrific danger" to the United States.

Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition of America and a former presidential candidate, said on "The 700 Club" it was the United States' duty to stop Chavez from making Venezuela a "launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism."
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"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."
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"We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability," Robertson said.

"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."

This is going too far. Apparently being an American Christian, complete with the right to be safe in our country at any expense, is the most important thing he can strive for.

I just think it's sad when a Christian leader calls for the death of someone else.

Edit: This guy is right on:

The world needs Pat Robertson’s Christianity as much as it needs Osama bin Laden’s Islam.

Another take:

And to think, all these years the preacher was actually saying "Do unto others BEFORE they do it unto you."

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