With that bit of history I believe the School of the Americas should be shut down. Their graduates have been linked to many atrocities that range from human-rights violations to assassinations. The school does not live up to its promise and therefore should be shut down. The main reasons the school should be shut down are: the necessity of the school, the money it costs to operate the school, and the atrocities committed by their graduates.

The school was founded in 1946. This came after the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. During the forty years of the Cold War the United States

would train people to overthrow communist governments that

were in control of their country at the time. In order to trai

programs. The money would be better spent on people who actually need the help.

There are two main arguments as to why the School of the Americas should remain open. The first involves the graduates of the school. The second is tied into the first, in that it deals with human rights.

The School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia, should be closed. A number of their graduates have committed numerous crimes against humanity. Also, the money that could be saved by closing the school is a large sum of money. That money could go towards government projects.

There are at least a handful of crimes against

The above named incidents were not random, but well thought out plans of attack. They also involved military skills taught their commanding officers at the School of the Americas. The above named above continue to happen today. The most recent to date is 1994. The event involved the murder of nine university students and professors in Peru. Some of the highest-ranking officials involved in the murder were graduates of the school (Shut Down the School of the Americas). The tactics learned by these human rights violators were learned on US soil. It is sad that the US would allow its own people to teach tactics of torture and

Within the past couple of months Rep. Joe Moakley, from the state of Massachusetts, introduced an amendment that would cut funding for the School of the Americas (USARSA). The proposed cut would be approximately two million dollars. And according to the US Army School of the Americas website, the proposed budget c

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