[ of President Chavez of Venezuela] "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. . . . . [Chavez is turning Venezuela into] "a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism. . . . 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 dollar war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator." Pat Robertson