re: #67 Ian G.

Reagan had us kick the crap out of the mighty Grenadian army. That’s exactly the same thing as fighting the Russians in Crimea.

Took ‘em five days, on an island that takes a day to walk from one end to the other, against eight hundred Grenadian troops, plus a company of Cuban combat troops plus Cuban construction troops.

The plan was more complicated than Operation Overlord. Every branch of the US Armed Forces was involved, even the SAC. They gave out more medals than people who participated in it.

I’m afraid I regard Grenada displayed the major problems with US diplomacy and its armed services at that time. It was something done strictly for a rise in the polls.