Wednesday, August 24, 2005

More asshattery from Robertson

So Pat Roberston takes a page from the BushCo rulebook and is saying he didn't really mean that the US should assassinate Chavez.

"I didn't say 'assassination.' I said our special forces should 'take him out.' And 'take him out' can be a number of things, including kidnapping; there are a number of ways to take out a dictator from power besides killing him. I was misinterpreted by the AP [Associated Press], but that happens all the time," Robertson said on "The 700 Club" program.


Here's his exact quote from Monday..

"If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think we really ought to go ahead and do it," said Robertson on Monday's program. "It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war."

"We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability," he said. "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."


I would read that 1st sentence again.. I don't know how much clearer he could have been in saying that we should try to assassinate him.


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