30 years ago today, the administration of Ronald Reagan invaded - TopicsExpress



          

30 years ago today, the administration of Ronald Reagan invaded the vacation island nation of Grenada in Operation Urgent Fury. It was the first of the modern republican wars used to boost military morale and the publics confidence in conservative empire building. The Grenada invasion was only days from the Marine debacle in Lebanon when lax security resulted in the bombing of Marine barracks and the deaths of 250 US troops. Many think the go ahead was given for the Grenada invasion to take public attention off the failure in Lebanon. A future celebrity, Col Oliver North, was the head of planning for Grenada.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 22:00:08 +0000

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