Pat Robertson's crackup.

Yeah, the world would be a better place without Hugo Chavez. (And here.)

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson suggested on-air that American operatives assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to stop his country from becoming "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," Robertson said Monday on the Christian Broadcast Network's "The 700 Club."

"We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator," he continued. "It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with." (Thanks to Yahoo!News for the heads up.)

What makes this idiot think anyone in Washington has the stones to take anyone out anywhere?

If wishes were horses, Pat, we'd all spend the day at the track. You can roll over and go back to sleep now.