David Obey: “I would much rather be a ``do-gooder'' than a stand-byer, while a school which is supposed to teach American values…”

“I would much rather be a ``do-gooder'' than a stand-byer, while a school which is supposed to teach American values instead consistently produces graduates who defile the very values that that institution is supposed to support and promote. I do not mind being called a ``do-gooder'' at all in comparison to being a do-nothinger. I also do not mind being called ``namby-pamby'' because I happen to be offended by the fact that, time and time again, graduates of the School of the Americas have engaged in conduct that would make every decent American gag. If being ``namby-pamby'' is being opposed to instruction manuals on torture, if being ``namby-pamby'' is being opposed to the consistently failed record of this institution in turning out graduates who understand democratic values, if it is being ``namby-pamby'' to object to the fact that graduates of this institution have systematically in a number of countries around this hemisphere wiped out innocent women and children, then call me namby-baby. I do not mind it at all. You are doggone right, we are opposed to this institution continuing.”