[Here's hoping that Aircraft Fundamentalism goes down with him.]
August 23, 2005
Robertson's Comments Are Slammed by Venezuela
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 2:57 p.m. ET
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's vice president accused religious broadcaster Pat Robertson on Tuesday of making ''terrorist statements'' by suggesting that American agents assassinate President Hugo Chavez. ... Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel said Venezuela was studying its legal options, adding that how Washington responds to Robertson's comments would put its anti-terrorism policy to the test.
''The ball is in the U.S. court, after this criminal statement by a citizen of that country,'' Rangel told reporters. ''It's huge hypocrisy to maintain this discourse against terrorism and at the same time, in the heart of that country, there are entirely terrorist statements like those.'' ...
Rangel called Robertson ''a man who seems to have quite a bit of influence in that country,'' adding sarcastically that his words were ''very Christian.''
The comments ''reveal that religious fundamentalism is one of the great problems facing humanity in these times,'' Rangel said. ...
Carl