THIS DAY IN 1983
The United States invaded Grenada
PURPOSE
President Ronald Reagan sent Marines to Grenada to protect 1,000 U.S. citizens after Marxist Bernard Coard assassinated their merely leftist dictator and took control of the government.
RESULTS
It was the first offensive action against communism after the “Evil Empire” speech. Before Grenada, Communism was in an expansive mode and Reagan’s stand here coupled with the Contras in Nicaragua ended the spread of Marxism in the New World.
Think how things would have been had Eisenhower tried the same thing with Cuba.
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Reagan authorized a "get in and get out" mission so that we weren't there long enough to draw the inevitable comparisons with Viet Nam.
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