THE NEW PATRIOTS
18 minutes
Five U.S. military veterans, including a Congressional Medal of Honor winner and a woman West Point graduate, speak out about terrorism, patriotism, and their transformation from warriors to peace activists.
After the 9/11 tragedy the U.S. government called for the eradication of terrorist training camps. Not mentioned by officials was the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA), located at Ft. Benning, GA, described by the veterans as a school for terrorism.
After a decade of protests, the SOA changed its name to Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC). As SOA did in earlier years, WHISC today trains hundreds of Latin American soldiers in counter-insurgency techniques aimed at terrorizing civilian populations.
In The New Patriots a veteran reminds us that the lives of the tens of thousands killed by SOA-and WHISC-trained terrorists in Latin America are no less precious than the thousands who lost their lives in the U.S. on September 11.
WHISC is the focus of concern and nonviolent actions by people throughout the U.S. and beyond.
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The film was created by the very well respected Robert Richter. "He is the last member of the famed Edward R. Murrow-Fred Friendly CBS Reports unit still actively producing documentaries." http://www.richtervideos.com/d_new_patriots.html
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This is a website about the SOA. http://www.soaw.org/new/
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This is the place in question. http://www-benning.army.mil/WHISC/
This is their new human rights curriculum mandated by congress. How sad that it is new, and manadated by congress. http://www-benning.army.mil/WHISC/human_rights.htm
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I know why things came to be is often a long, complicated story. But it is a little worrisome to know that we are teaching others how to be good terrorists -- especially when they live so closely...
Dana
[This message has been edited by Dana Sheets (edited September 19, 2002).]
