What was Robertson thinking?
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Author: Kenneth D. MacHarg
08/26/05
Pat Robertson’s image has been all over local TV news in Latin America. The Virginia-based TV evangelist was shown telling his “700 Club” audience that controversial Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez ought to be assassinated because he’s making Venezuela ‘a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism.’ ‘ 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. We don’t need another $200 billion war to get rid of one … strong-arm dictator. It’s a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with,’ he continued, urging the US to kill President Chávez...
Link: http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0825/p09s01-coop.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Author: Kenneth D. MacHarg
08/26/05
Pat Robertson’s image has been all over local TV news in Latin America. The Virginia-based TV evangelist was shown telling his “700 Club” audience that controversial Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez ought to be assassinated because he’s making Venezuela ‘a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism.’ ‘ 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. We don’t need another $200 billion war to get rid of one … strong-arm dictator. It’s a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with,’ he continued, urging the US to kill President Chávez...
Link: http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0825/p09s01-coop.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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