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Subject: Re: Re: Grenada rescue & weakness
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Date: Sat, 3-Nov-84 12:26:19 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov  3 12:26:19 1984
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Grenada was a case of direct Soviet and Cuban sponsorship of a military coup.
Documents have shown that the revolutionary government in Grenada had
extensive guidance and support from the Soviet Union, and there were
Cuban troops on the island. If the invasion wasn't a case of defending our 
own self-interests in the region I don't know what is. Also, the communist
revolution wasn't a case of the overthrow of a regieme that the people had
a real gripe against, like the revolution in Nicaragua, but was a case
of a few military leaders seizing power with foreign backing. I think it
is pretty hard to accuse the U.S. of "imperialism" in a case like this.

	Wayne