Robertson: U.S. should kill Chavez

Pat Robertson is an idiot:

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's vice president accused religious broadcaster Pat Robertson on Tuesday of making "terrorist statements" by suggesting that American agents assassinate President Hugo Chavez.

On Monday, Robertson said on the Christian Broadcast Network's "The 700 Club": "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," he continued. "It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with."

Sure, Pat! Let's have a policy where we go around and assassinate people we disagree with! Take control! That's what American imperialism is all about!

Unfortunately for Pat, the administration doesn't agree:

The U.S. government distanced itself from Robertson's comments.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, appearing at a Pentagon news conference, said when asked: "Our department doesn't do that kind of thing. It's against the law. He's a private citizen. Private citizens say all kinds of things all the time."

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack called Robertson's remarks "inappropriate."

"This is not the policy of the United States government. We do not share his views," McCormack said.

Oh, darn. Now you really look stupid, Pat. So, do you believe assassinations are part of "God's plan" for forcing others to convert to fundamentalist Christianity? Is that you think it works, in your twisted mind?

Pat Robertson has been exposed for what he is. A stupid idiot.