There are good reasons not to support Clark, here is one of them.
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CONCORD, N.H. -- Retired General Wesley K. Clark sometimes downplays his Army background, and criticizes the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays. But there is one military institution he vigorously defends: the controversial academy once known as the US Army School of the Americas.
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http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0117-01.htm
For more on the "School of the Americas," read the accompanying article, "School of Assassins."
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What do Col. Byron Lima Estrada of Guatemala, Lt. Josę Espinoza Guerra and General Juan Orlando Zepeda, both of El Salvador, and General Juan López Ortiz of Mexico have in common?
They are all murderers. They were all trained at the School of the Americas. Because of them, and because of thousands of others like them, many people call U.S. Army's School of the Americas the "School of Assassins."
And what do Panama's Manuel Noriega, Argentina's Leopoldo Galtiere, Peru's Juan Velasco Alvarado, Ecuador's Guillermo Rodriguez, and Bolivia's Hugo Banzer have in common? They have all been dictators in their countries, and they were all trained at the School of the Americas. Because of them, and others, many people call the U.S. Army's School of the Americas the "School of Coups."
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http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1118-12.htm
That's right folks, a terrorist training camp in our own back yard whose graduates have been responsible for the killings of tens if not hundreds of thousands of South Americans...