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Posted: 12/22/2001 4:16:40 PM EDT
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A school at Ft. Benning that trains South and Central American military personnel in counter-insurgency operations. I believe it's run by the US Army Special Forces, anybody more in the know than me can feel free to correct me.
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Posted: 12/22/2001 4:17:30 PM EDT
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Looks like a CIA "training" camp for foreign “freedom fighters” [url]www.patweb.com/soa/index.cfm[/url], but I could be wrong.
edited to fix link twice third time's a charm? fourth time? |
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Posted: 12/22/2001 4:19:38 PM EDT
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Closing the School of the Americas is a cause celebre for leftists, because they blame the training Latin American officers received there for brutal oppression, torture, and murder committed against communists and priests.
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Posted: 12/22/2001 5:12:17 PM EDT
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It's been more or less replaced by the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, [url]http://www-benning.army.mil/WHISC/[/url].
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Posted: 12/22/2001 5:15:15 PM EDT
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But on the other hand, how come so many of them DO become dictators who maintain power by killing the opposition and rob their countries blind?
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Posted: 12/22/2001 5:18:01 PM EDT
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When I was at Benning several years ago, I met several students attending this school. Most were foriegn military officers. I believe most of the cadre were Rangers.
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Posted: 12/23/2001 2:43:11 AM EDT
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Quoted: But on the other hand, how come so many of them DO become dictators who maintain power by killing the opposition and rob their countries blind? The school teaches techniques. The personal character of the student is ultimatly the responsibility of the nation sending the student to the school. Only the people from the student's country of origin and his/her colleagues could be expected to know the student's fitness/character. As with any tool (read firearms), knowledge is dispensed at the school. How the knowledge is used is another matter, and outside the purview of the school. |
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Posted: 12/23/2001 2:57:16 AM EDT
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I was down at FT benning in 88 ready to finish
up training! i personally seen south american military being trained down there! at the time i did not know about the school of americas then all these years later i found OUT! |
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