Isn't it time we pressure President Obama to close the School of the Americas?

[IndianaGreen]

Generals Who Led Honduras Military Coup Trained at the School of the Americas

Romeo Vasquez, a general who led the military coup in Honduras against President Manuel Zelaya, received training at the US School of the Americas. The SOA has trained more than 60,000 soldiers, many of whom have returned home and committed human rights abuses, torture, extrajudicial execution and massacres. According to School of the Americas Watch, Vasquez attended the SOA in 1976 and 1984. The head of the Air Force, Gen. Luis Javier Prince Suazo, also studied there in 1996. We speak with Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of the School of the Americas Watch.

YouTube

SOA Watch to Join Honduran Social Movements

The situation in Honduras remains extremely tense following the June 28 military coup by graduates of the School of the Americas (SOA/ WHINSEC). For the last six days, SOA Watch has been in constant communication with pro-democracy organizers in Honduras. We are pressuring the State Department and the White House with street protests and an online actions to ensure the unconditional reinstatement of President Zeleya.

However, the calls from our partners in Honduras have made it clear to us that we need to go a step further. SOA Watch has decided to join the Honduran social movements on the ground. A small SOA Watch delegation is going to meet with members of the National Resistance Committee tomorrow and will join them in the streets.

SOA Watch's Latin America Coordinator Lisa Sullivan, the former SOA Watch Prisoners of Conscience Laura Slattery and Father Joe Mulligan, SOA Watch lawyer Kent Spriggs, SOA Watch founder Father Roy Bourgeois and others are currently on their way to Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

The resistance to the military coup that is taking place right now in Honduras is a Honduran struggle and a struggle of the Americas, at the same time. The outcome will affect all of us for years to come. International accompaniment can have a big impact and save lives.

http://www.soaw.org/

The question for DUers: Isn't it time we pressure President Obama to close the School of the Americas (SOA/ WHINSEC)?

The poll is in the Politics Forum:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8523500