"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. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war."
Pat Robertson calls for the murder of a foreign head of state - the democratically elected Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela.
"without question, this is a dangerous enemy to our south, controlling a huge pool of oil, that could hurt us very badly. We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, 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."
With video.
Pat Robertson calls for the murder of a foreign head of state - the democratically elected Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela.
"without question, this is a dangerous enemy to our south, controlling a huge pool of oil, that could hurt us very badly. We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, 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."
With video.
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Date: 2005-08-23 11:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-08-23 02:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-08-23 02:51 pm (UTC)(Not that I've been around LJ much the past fortnight... *kicks computer*)
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Date: 2005-08-23 03:51 pm (UTC)here's a link from a friend of mine's page with more interesting pat quotes and bullshit.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/dumbandjaded/368312.html
i also linked HIM to the article from mediamatters.org.
have a wonderfully fantastical day.
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Date: 2005-08-23 08:03 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-08-23 08:52 pm (UTC)