Robertson: U.S. Should 'take Out' Venezuela's Chavez

Are you retarded? One psycho Christian broadcaster thinks that we should assasinate Chavez, and you distort that to be the entire American view? This shit is why Americans have no respect for half the world.

Poor Pat Robertson, I hope he knows in the eyes of God, he is going to hell for his outright support of the illegal Bush regime and his manic preaching of hate, bile and disgust.

Sadly millions of Americans hang on his every word and think of him and his message as God's own gospel. Some even admit to Robertson being their sole source of news information.

True Christians know better.

Well, actually it is people like Robertson, high profile, that say things like this, and get entire groups to follow them, that gives the u.s the lack of respect from the rest of the world. How many times have we heard the same so-called Christian war cry from other people in high profile positions?

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If I stand for my country today...will my country be here to stand for me tomorrow?

He's a money grubbing TV preacher who's getting up in the years and more than a little senile. Some people listen to what he says regarding his faith. I don't care for it but they're entitled to their beliefs. Far fewer folks bother with his politics given prior nutter rants he's made. To say millions "hang on his every word" is not accurate. Personally, I have no problem with nutters and religious freaks, until of course they start getting violent and screwing with people violently. He's pretty close to advocating "murder" and with that he'd be crossing a very clear line on many different levels. At that point when they cross the line I am a firm advocate of putting them back in their cages.

Do you want to fight a war here or over there? Yeah let's just wait 'til they kill people here and then we'll do something about him.

Why is it that everybody thinks Bush is the terrorist? Do you want bombs going off everyday in your country like in Iraq?

Someone please tell me why this "Christian" religious leader advocating the assasination of a political leader is any different from an extremist Islamic religious leader advocating Jihad against the west.

Everyone decries that Islamic leaders do not denounce violence enough, yet we have a Christian leader doing almost the same thing. At least he's targeting a specific individual versus the insurgents targeting random innocent victims... as if that's any consession.

The U.S. shouldn't give a damn what the rest of the world thinks!

Why does everyone call them insurgents? THEY ARE TERRORISTS!

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. Getting back on topic, All Chavez has done is kick the DEA out of his country. Suddenly he's a terrorist and a threat; it shows how quickly the word 'terrorist' is attached to anyone who doesn't bow down to the Bush government.


Regarding the generalisation from Robertson to the US, I just toned that down.

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Every time you complain about the moderators, god kills a kitten.

Agreed. Webster's defines an insurgent as "a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government; especially : a rebel not recognized as a belligerent"

By that definition, an insurgent becomes a terrorist when they elect to employ a particular kind of violence. Also by that definition, all insurgents are not necessarily terrorists--in particular if they refrain from committing or advocating acts of terror. Such acts are also well defined, they specifically require the targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure in pursuit of political goals. Geurillas/resistance attacking a military target are *not* committing an act of terror (which is not to apologize for their acts or justify their cause). Neither are kidnappers and other criminal opportunists who are just out to extort some loot. However, a militia, organization or even state that is deliberately attacking or threatening civilian targets *is* committing an act of terror. Pundits and religeous leaders (on all sides) who call for violence against civilians are dangerously close.

In the present church age, Christians are under New Testament Christian law and are commanded not to perform physical violence nor to murder people (Matthew 5:38-45, Matthew 26:52, Luke 6:27-28, John 18:11, Romans 12:19-21, Romans 13:9-10, 2 Corinthians 10:3-4, Ephesians 6:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:15, 1 Peter 2:21-24, 1 Peter 3:8-9).

If I'm not mistaken, under US law, Pat Robertson is now guilty of the indictable offence of "Inciting Terrorism". If the US is sencere about its fight against terrorism, he should be prosecuted.

Always the epitome of good Christian values, another icon of the televangelist right wing Pat Robertson called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez, the populist, elected leader of Venezuala.<br />
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