Oh for Pete's sake. With a videotape record of his stupifyingly inappropriate comments circulating around the entire globe, Pat Robertson actually tried to weasel his way out of trouble by claiming we didn't actually hear what we heard? I heard this:
"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, and I don't think any oil shipments will stop. ...
"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." -- AOL News - Robertson Apologizes for Chavez Comments
And the best argument he can come up with is that "take him out" could mean "a number of things, including kidnapping." Riiiiight.
Yeah, yeah, he did eventually apologize. And I'm sure he's sincerely sorry he said it out loud, since it caused so much bad PR for his vast and lucrative empire. But I'm also willing to bet he still means every word.
I know it's incredibly naive, but somehow I still expect better of "holy men."
