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To: hanamizu

“it would be as if Eisenhower sent troops into Quebec to protect English-speaking American students.”

WIKI

The Reagan administration mounted a US military intervention following receipt of a formal appeal for help from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, which had received a covert appeal for assistance from the Governor-General of Grenada, Paul Scoon (though he put off signing the formal letter of invitation until 26 October). President Reagan stated that he felt compelled to act due to “concerns over the 600 U.S. medical students on the island” and fears of a repeat of the Iran hostage crisis, which ended less than three years earlier. According to the future United States Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, who was serving as Reagan’s Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs at the time of the invasion, the prime motivation for the US intervention was to “get rid” of the coup leader Hudson Austin, and the students were the pretext.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Grenada


57 posted on 06/20/2024 9:31:48 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Brian Griffin

Which nations issued a formal appeal for Putin to invade Ukraine, either time?


60 posted on 06/20/2024 9:43:48 AM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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