Well, this is a question that goes way back. If you cut off the cash, then you don't have a lever. But this kind of argument was precisely what was used in Brazil in the late sixties and early seventies in the name of constructive engagement, and in Argentina, where the U.S. would continue to support the Argentinian police and military as they were killing thousands and thousands of people under terrifying circumstances.
I think there's the question as to what the lever is, but I also think we have to say once and for all that we will not participate in funding this kind of activity by these murderous Honduran police. When will they ever get the message if we don't actually cut it off? And we should do it to the military as well.
I want to underscore that the U.S. has been expanding its military presence every year since the coup, including in Honduras. Its military funding to the Honduran police and military has been increasing, not decreasing—and this is from the State Department and the Obama administration side and by the U.S. military, which has been increasing in Honduras since the coup.