On August 22, 2005 on his show, the 700 Club, Pat Robertson said, “You know, I don’t know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we’re trying to assassinate [Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan President], I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. […] We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability.” See the full clip and transcript at Media Matters.
Today, Pat Robertson said, “Wait a minute, I didn’t say ‘assassination.’ I said our special forces should, quote, ‘take him out,’ and ‘take him out’ can be a number of things including kidnapping.” See the full clip and transcript at Media Matters.
How is it possible that this man is considered a spiritual leader of the United States?