Francis Maloney: “I consider it both a duty and a privilege to join in opposition to funding for the School of the Americas. This is not a…”

“I consider it both a duty and a privilege to join in opposition to funding for the School of the Americas. This is not a school but a scandal. It is a training ground for dictators and thugs like Noriega and D'Aubuisson--who get their training in America with American taxpayers' dollars, and then go home and use their training to oppress and murder their own people. This school for atrocities costs American taxpayers some $40 million a year, if we count in salaries and living expenses for the trainees or perks like free trips to Disney World. What we get in return is that we get to be identified with tyranny and oppression. This is not just a boondoggle, but a shameful and murderous boondoggle which discredits the United States at the same time that it kills the people whose welfare we claim to support. End the killing and the waste and stop this scandal.”