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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Are you aware and angry that your tax dollars have been spent on killing people in latin america?

"The School of the Americas (SOA) is a combat training school for Latin American soldiers, located at Fort Benning, Georgia. In 2001 renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC). It was initially established in Panama in 1946 however it was expelled from Panama in 1984 under the terms of the Panama Canal Treaty (article iv) and reinforced under the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal (article v).

Former Panamanian President, Jorge Illueca, stated that the School of the Americas was the “biggest base for destabilization in Latin America.” The SOA have left a trail of blood and suffering in every country where its graduates have returned. For this reason the School of the Americas has been historically subbed the “School of Assassins”.

Since 1946, the SOA has trained over 64,000 Latin American soldiers in counterinsurgency techniques, sniper training, commando and psychological warfare, military intelligence and interrogation tactics. These graduates have consistently used their skills to wage a war against their own people. Among those targeted by SOA graduates are educators, union organizers, religious workers, student leaders, and others who work for the rights of the poor. Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have been tortured, raped, assassinated, “disappeared,” massacred, and forced into refugee by those trained at the School of Assassins.

http://www.soaw.org/about-the-soawhinsec/what-is-t...

U.S. School of Americas

"The dubious achievements of graduates of this military training school account for some of the worst atrocities ever. Graduates have been tied to the killings of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter. Numerous coups were instigated by graduates and instructors. The list is long and ugly, kidnappings, torture, disappearances and all under the training and the silence of the United States Government.

Leaders of the Los Zetas Drug Cartel, while members of the Mexican Army or Police received training at the School of Americas have decided the money being better have gone into the drug cartel business themselves. (Slater, 2010) CNN.com reports that Los Zetas members, though reportedly rogue members by Los Zetas leaders, are suspected of killing American vacationer, David Hartley, while he was honeymooning with his new wife in Mexico. (Johnson, 2010)"

http://www.elroyo1.com/us-school-of-americas.html

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I just bought a All Beef, rice and beans, sour cream Taco, did I support something?

    Source(s): Gang members believe if you crap your pants you can still keep "thugging" along, because no one will ever tell them what to do!
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yep. The latin americans are good enough at killing one another. They don't need American help. The American weapons should be reserved for the coming civil war. It's gonna be fun!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes. Do you remember Reagan and the Contras?

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    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I am aware and angry that my tax dollars leave this country! And you should be also!!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    What a rip off.

    They come here and kill Americans for free.

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