The Pentagon’s own university called Soto Cano base pointless and costly

Evidence

The GAO recommended closing the base. A study supported by the military’s own National Defense University agreed. It concluded that the base “does not have a significant impact on regional stability, is potentially a political problem between U.S. and Honduran governments, and unnecessarily costs the U.S. taxpayer millions of dollars.” — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 295

Categorization

• XREF: Complements the base-closure waste arguments and the theme that institutions outlive their stated purpose.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 295