Pat Robertson Calls for Assassination of Hugo Chavez


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Pat Robertson Calls for Assassination of Hugo Chavez

Televangelist Calls Venezuelan President a 'Terrific Danger' to the United States

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Aug. 22) - 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."

Chavez has emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of President Bush, accusing the United States of conspiring to topple his government and possibly backing plots to assassinate him. U.S. officials have called the accusations ridiculous.

"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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I don't think Jesus would advocate assasinating anyone. The sad part is that millions of evangelical Christians follow this guy.
 



The evangelical Christians here in America needs to preach that we turn back to God as a nation and stop being so political. When Bush and the evangelical Christians get through with what they are doing. America will not have the respect of anyone.

Who gave Robertson the right to say who lives and who dies. Bush is a danger to the world. Now let him talk about that.
 
Pat Robetson is a senile idiot.
He always say things like this and then hide behind the "Golden Rule" and his bible.

"Thou shalt not kill" .....................unless PAT say so.
And this is supposed to be the LEADER.
What makes him different than some FANATIC muslin cleric.
 
lil_j said:
I don't think Jesus would advocate assasinating anyone. The sad part is that millions of evangelical Christians follow this guy.
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Pat should not have said this. Doctrinal arguments aside, the decision to engage in war and fighting in our time is a decision to advocate assasination at some level(s). Hopefully those are hard decisions to make regardless of ones religious postion, but are sometimes necessary. IMHO, the difference in the leaders lies in what motivates such decisions.

Would Jesus advocate assasinating people BECAUSE they did not follow his teachings? Don't think so. Would Jesus advocate the declaration of war against people who threatened his homeland or innocent people? Maybe.
 
Pat Robertson is out of control. I used to live in Va. and heard about all his rants and raves. What's sad is that mostly conservative evangelicals feel they're correct to have this viewpoint. I also hate that they view liberals or Democrats as folks who aren't Godfearing - which we know is far from the truth.
 
staggalee83 said:
Pat Robetson is a senile idiot.
He always say things like this and then hide behind the "Golden Rule" and his bible.

"Thou shalt not kill" .....................unless PAT say so.
And this is supposed to be the LEADER.
What makes him different than some FANATIC muslin cleric.
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:tup:

Pat is only typical of the hypocritical religious right-wing that has been governing this nation for the past 5.5 years now. No wonder this administration feels they can do and say what they want...they have "christian" televangelists to back them up.


God....HELP AMERICA....PLEASE!
 
GramFan said:
Pat Robertson Calls for Assassination of Hugo Chavez

"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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I know Pat has said some crazy things in the past, but his remarks are being taken out of context. I don't think he was being serious here.

There are extreme wacko liberals who make remarks about killing Bush. From what I understand, there is even a book about how to kill George Bush. The one-sided mainstream media don't report stuff like that.
 
dacontinent said:
Pat should not have said this. Doctrinal arguments aside, the decision to engage in war and fighting in our time is a decision to advocate assasination at some level(s). Hopefully those are hard decisions to make regardless of ones religious postion, but are sometimes necessary. IMHO, the difference in the leaders lies in what motivates such decisions.

Would Jesus advocate assasinating people BECAUSE they did not follow his teachings? Don't think so. Would Jesus advocate the declaration of war against people who threatened his homeland or innocent people? Maybe.
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I can't find a political statement made by Jesus; besides, his 'homeland' was being occupied by the Romans--who routinely 'threaned...innocent people'. They not only threatened, they outright killed thousands.

That is what was so revolutionary about Jesus--and ironically what confused his disciples about him--that he did NOT advocate any type of political bent or agenda. The Jews were looking for a political leader-and Jesus shore wasn't that!
 
Killer Bees said:
Talking about being taken out of context.
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In what way is Roberston being taken out of context?

I realize that some of you will tow the conservative line under any circumstances, but do you really think that he's justified in advocating the assassination of another nation's leader?
 
Venezuela responds to Robertson's comments:


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050823/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/robertson_assassination


Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel said Venezuela was studying its legal options, adding that how Washington responds to Robertson's comments would put its anti-terrorism policy to the test.

"The ball is in the U.S. court, after this criminal statement by a citizen of that country," Rangel told reporters. "It's huge hypocrisy to maintain this discourse against terrorism and at the same time, in the heart of that country, there are entirely terrorist statements like those."


Rangel called Robertson "a man who seems to have quite a bit of influence in that country," adding sarcastically that his words were "very Christian."


Even they see through the religious right's hypocritical moral posturing. I liken Roberston to the kooks who preach "life," but bomb abortion clinics, and shoot the doctors who work at them.
 
Ok, I heard his words from his own mouth and you guys are right. Truth be told, I don't know who Hugo Chavez is or what threat he poses to the US, but Pat seems believe he is a threat in some way.
 
sibiur said:
I can't find a political statement made by Jesus; besides, his 'homeland' was being occupied by the Romans--who routinely 'threaned...innocent people'. They not only threatened, they outright killed thousands.

That is what was so revolutionary about Jesus--and ironically what confused his disciples about him--that he did NOT advocate any type of political bent or agenda. The Jews were looking for a political leader-and Jesus shore wasn't that!
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The closest thing to a political statement that Jesus made was in Luke 20:22-25. You are exactly right. Jesus' agenda was completely apolitical. His disciples were still asking about it right before His ascension. From what we read in scripture, it seems that Jesus nearly ignored the Romans.
 
dacontinent said:
The closest thing to a political statement that Jesus made was in Luke 20:22-25. You are exactly right. Jesus' agenda was completely apolitical. His disciples were still asking about it right before His ascension. From what we read in scripture, it seems that Jesus nearly ignored the Romans.
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To quote an old Bible teacher I had at Freed-Hardeman, "That'll preach!"
 



Killer Bees said:
Ok, I heard his words from his own mouth and you guys are right. Truth be told, I don't know who Hugo Chavez is or what threat he poses to the US, but Pat seems believe he is a threat in some way.
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KB - that is not acceptable - This man could have the US by the balls if we piss him off enough - we could have gas lines - you need to do some reading. You should really keep up with whets going on in South America. You should see whets going on in Brazil as well.

Here are some sites for world news that you should check out once a week. Don?t wait to be spoon fed news.


http://www.nytimes.com/ - free but registration required

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

http://www.lemonde.fr/ - in french

http://english.people.com.cn/

http://www.elpais.es/ - in spanish

Dont be the typical american, learn something about life in the rest of the world.
 
Killer Bees said:
Ok, but Pat seems believe he is a threat in some way.
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So because Pat seems to believe he is a threat in some way, he advocates having him assassinated? Anynoe that doesn't dance to the beat of this administration's drum is a threat in Robertson's eyes.

Pat thinks Bill and Hilary are threats. Should he advocate their assassinations? Then again, I wouldn't be suprised if he has not done just that, especially as it relates to Hilary.

:smh:
 
Killer Bees said:
Ok, I heard his words from his own mouth and you guys are right. Truth be told, I don't know who Hugo Chavez is or what threat he poses to the US, but Pat seems believe he is a threat in some way.
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He's another 2-bit clown that blames all his countries problems on the U.S. while HIS people riot in the streets demanding he step down. He has been saying he was a U.S. target for years. :shame:

The U.S. cares..........BUT...........Nobody really cares about this fool. :emlaugh:

With all the "special ops" .....(wink,wink).........operating in Central and South America, if the U.S. wanted him dead, he would be deader than Carlos Escabar. :dead:

I believe it was him that met with Castro and worked out a "very cheap" oil deal with Cuba.

I think that's what got ole insane Robertson running his mouth. :rolleyes:
 
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Man .......................no matter how bad it gets, people are not going to "riot" in the streets here.

Comparing what's going on down there to what's going on here is like saying a fight at a NFL football game is the same as a fight at a South American FOOTBALL, (scoccer), match. :goof:

There is no comparison. :D
 
staggalee83 said:
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Man .......................no matter how bad it gets, people are not going to "riot" in the streets here.

Comparing what's going on down there to what's going on here is like saying a fight at a NFL football game is the same as a fight at a South American FOOTBALL, (scoccer), match. :goof:

There is no comparison. :D
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83, Do you support democracy and the right of countries to decide their on directions? The oil companies and the right have tried to topple Chavez and failed. He's currently leading in all the polls in his country. So he's cozy with Castro, what's the big deal? The U.S. losing 1.5 million barrels a day of petroluem because of a right wing nut is a bigger problem than Chavez politics. I heard he's threatening to open up service stations in low income communities in America and underselling the big mega petroleum companies. Now that would be interesting and intriguing (thanks Jafus).

It's no different than seeing the Iraqi Islamic Republic develop before our own eyes. We say we are for democracies but when they don't adopt our style of democracy we are shocked. :look:
 
What do my belief's have to do with Pat Robertson?

I could care less about this guy. I'm just stating what has went on in his country and what his belief's about the U.S. are.

Like I said in an earlier post ...........PAT ROBERTSON IS AN SENILE IDIOT.
It's not my fault this guy may be leading in the poll's but lacking in the street's in his country.

To be honest, this guy is just like the leader of North Korea ........he always saying something to keep his name in the news and to look tough against the U.S. They can live any way they like ............Just do start crying to the U.S. to send money.
 
J C said:
83, Do you support democracy and the right of countries to decide their on directions? The oil companies and the right have tried to topple Chavez and failed. He's currently leading in all the polls in his country. So he's cozy with Castro, what's the big deal? The U.S. losing 1.5 million barrels a day of petroluem because of a right wing nut is a bigger problem than Chavez politics. I heard he's threatening to open up service stations in low income communities in America and underselling the big mega petroleum companies. Now that would be interesting and intriguing (thanks Jafus).

It's no different than seeing the Iraqi Islamic Republic develop before our own eyes. We say we are for democracies but when they don't adopt our style of democracy we are shocked. :look:
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:tup:
 
Just a thought.

How can a "Ten Commandment" abiding Christian , who abides by not judging that they may be judged, :confused: suggest death (Murder) to somebody?
 
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