"Man of God" Calls For Assassination Of World Leader...

Judging by that headline, you might assume that I'm referring to a fundamentalist Islamic terrorist leader (you know, like the guys that attacked us on 9/11 and are still free men?) issuing yet another condemnation of a Western leader.

Well, you'd be wrong...

This time, it's America's own Pat Robertson issuing the "fatwa". Being the upstanding, peace-loving Christian he is, Robertson feels that now is the time to kill Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez before he causes the U.S. any grief.

Why does he feel so strongly? It's pretty much about OIL...

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. But this man is a terrific danger and the United ... This is in our sphere of influence, so we can't let this happen. We have the Monroe Doctrine, we have other doctrines that we have announced. And without question, this is a dangerous enemy to our south, controlling a huge pool of oil, that could hurt us very badly. 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.

You could change about 10 words in that statement and it would read just like any other anti-American tirade launched by Osama bin Laden or any of his putrid underlings.

But, as he and so many other Christian extremists so often do, Robertson will walk away from this comment pretty much unscathed.

Why should Robertson get a pass yet again?

Why is Robertson considered a moral beacon in a nation as great as the United States? Are our standards really that low?

Why does a man who happily did business with an actual dictator like Charles Taylor of Liberia get to decide which world leaders are beneath the U.S.'s contempt?

UPDATE: To further investigate the similarities between Muslim extremists and Christian extremists, treat yourselves to this fun little quiz...
- posted by Brian @ 9:07 AM