Over the Line
By Callimachus | Related entries in Foreign Policy, The WorldConservative bloggers (and fundamentalist Christians, in the comments section) line up against Pat Robertson’s irresponsible comments about assassinating Hugo Chavez. He also doesn’t understand the Monroe Doctrine.
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August 23rd, 2005 at 7:14 am
I believe the Monroe Doctrine stated clearly that the United States reserved the right to deputize mentally unbalanced TV preachers to order the assassination of elected officials throughout the western hemisphere. You obviously need to do some research on this.
August 23rd, 2005 at 8:35 am
If this idea of Robertson’s wasn’t so disturbing it would be just plain silly. Having Chavez assassinated would probably only result in a power struggle amongst his lackeys in Venezuela’s army, and who’s to say that whoever came out on top wouldn’t turn out just as bad, or worse?
No, to bring about the kind of change Robertson apparently has in mind would take much more than a mere assassination. But the last thing the U.S. needs right now is to take yet another whole far-flung country under occupation, thank you very much. We’ve already got our hands quite full with Afghanistan and Iraq.
August 23rd, 2005 at 3:22 pm
Michael, perhaps you’re confused. I think we should invoke the Earl “the Pearl” Monroe Doctrine, which says any leading figure in America who utters something so brainless and crude that it delights anti-Americans everywhere should be dribbled down the court of public opinion and dunked head-first in a tank of horseshit.