Nation can be proud of work at Western Hemisphere Institute (note School Of The America's)

Mpls (red)Star Tribune ^ | 3/8/03 | John W. Vessey

[Valin]

Kate Stanley's Feb. 2 Op Ex column, "Will it be prison for young woman of conviction?" inspired my sympathy for Anika Walz, but not for the reasons Stanley suggests. Walz, a student at the College of St. Catherine, faced a judge because she believed and acted on misinformation, misinformation of the type Stanley purveys in her article. Stanley asserts that the assassins of Archbishop Oscar Romero "learned their trade" at the School of the Americas (now called the Western Hemisphere Institute of Security Cooperation).

[RippleFire]

BUMP - a nice counter to the perpetual whine

[El Gato]

I believe that such a look would convince both that the school improves the military forces of the Western Hemisphere, helps make friends for the United States and exposes its students to the professionalism and core values of our own Armed Forces.

I doubt it. Most of these folk's minds are made up and giving them the facts will not even confuse them, let alone change their minds. Still, it might be worth a try. Maybe the horse will learn to sing.

[Valin]

She failed to point out that her four examples of bad actors were from a cohort of 63,000 graduates.

Not a bad record. The problem with freedom is people are free to be evil. It's that darn free-will thing that keeps popping up.