Talk:Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation

This strikes me as a very interesting statement: "This information is not really about the SOA but rather about its defamers, the so-called "SOA Watch"." Hmmm. Certainly the posted article is "about" the School of the Americas/Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation! And yes, from it, Wiki readers also learn that the School has its "defamers" -- better, critics. From there, readers can easily go to the SOA/WHISC website for their version (understandably self-interested) of reality. Hopefully discerning Wiki-folk will then wonder and be willing to research whether criticisms of the School are indeed "negative, unproven allegations." There are numerous UN Truth Commission and other authoritative reports which can help them make that assessment.

Obviously, it is not rational to assume that anyone with a favorable view towards SOA/WHISC is necessarily more objective than those who criticize it. The reader needs to be willing to scrutinize and interpret the evidence.

This information is not really about the SOA but rather about its defamers, the so-called "SOA Watch". While one might be remiss to neglect mentioning such connections to the more notorious of its graduates it does little good to focus only upon negative, unproven allegations. Users of Wikipedia would be better served by an entry that actually deals with the SOA, not its detractors.

Why is the article linked to campaign finance reform, hard money, and soft money? -Penta 15:10, 11 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. This might as well be an article on the SOA Watch site and other anti-SOA activist groups. 64.7.89.54 08:12, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)