Sadly, these changes are not close to sufficient. Of the 42 classes offered, only one focuses on democracy and human rights, and this course is not required. In fact, in 1997 only 13 students ended up taking this course. The human rights component added to the other courses make up only a small number of the total hours. The United States government should get its act together because the protestors aren't going away.
Few movements have as broad a support as the movement to close the school down.
One of the most outspoken critics of the school, Major Joseph Blair, is actually a former instructor and has written several articles about the undemocratic values the school teaches. The first people to go to federal prison for protesting the SOA were both decorated Vietnam War veterans. Roy Bourgeois, the founder of the SOA Watch, an anti-SOA movement, received a Purple Heart in Vietnam before becoming a Catholic priest. Although the SOA has tried to portray protestors as ignorant radicals, veterans and nuns make up its visible element. After ten years of growing opposition, it is becoming harder for the school to hide.