And, yes, I DO take it personally: School of the Americas

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

School of the Americas

i'm just tossing out this video clip as a reminder of my country's sordid history in fomenting torture, violence, death and destruction... i've had a number of posts (see here) on the horrors this kind of influence from the u.s. unleashed in latin america via operation condor, argentina's guerra sucia (dirty war), in chile via pinochet, and much more...

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