Pat Robertson Calls for Assassination of Hugo Chavez

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. evangelist Pat Robertson called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, saying the leftist leader wanted to turn his country into "the launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism."
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Comment by Pete: Now this guy has balls. A round of applause please. What? Like half the country hasn't thought about it already. They just can't say it. Why can't we just kill him and take all the oil? Sounds good to me. Brace yourself Pat here comes the tar and the feathers. It's like Fidel all over again. I think Pat was just thinking out loud and now he will have to say 24 "Our Fathers" as penance. Seriously now, as much as I would like it, it's illegal, and it just wouldn't be conduct becoming our great nation. What happened to "Thou shall not murder"

Update: U.S. Dodges Robertson Comments on Chavez
The Bush administration swiftly and unequivocally distanced itself Tuesday from a suggestion by religious broadcaster Pat Robertson that American agents assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a frequent target of U.S. foreign policy.

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."