Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-milrat!brener From: brener@milrat.DEC Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: grenada and the ussr Message-ID: <4142@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Nov-84 12:32:56 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.4142 Posted: Tue Nov 6 12:32:56 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Nov-84 04:02:29 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 19 wayne, wayne, wayne. if you knew anything about grenada you will know that they initially came to the u.s. for aid, but the administration wouldn't even respond to their repeated requests. when they realized that they were in danger from the u.s. they responded by allying themselves with the soviet union (after all the invasion had been planned a few years back), obviously they didn't get that much help as they needed. as a matter of fact those massive arms stock piles that reagan referred to were 5,000 rifles, 5,000,000 bullets,and mostly obsolete and antique weapons that have been sent to collections around the u.s.. oh yes, let's not forget about the rice they found in those "weapons warehouses" too, great stuff for an invasion. i could just hear them screaming "ready, aim, cook!". i'll take mine pilaf. in reference to whether the other 35,000 lbs of documents contained anything more relevant than dog liscences, i think that that is an excellent question. "salvoes to the left of me, salvoes to the right of me" steve b