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Even Thatcher's sturdy friendship with Ronald Reagan suffered strains when American troops invaded Grenada, a Commonwealth member. The Prime Minister asked the President by telephone not to go through with the operation; afterward, she uttered her harshest words yet about the U.S. Said Thatcher: "If you are going to pronounce a new law that wherever Communism reigns against the will of the people the United States shall enter, then we are going to have some really terrible wars." She opposed U.S. reprisal attacks in Lebanon, where Britain had contributed 100 men to the 6,000-member Multi-National...
Lafayette first shocked his countrymen by stealing off to America against the King's wishes. But he quickly won the friendship of George Washington, spent $3 million of his own funds on the colonial cause and performed bravely at Brandywine and Yorktown. When word of his exploits reached home, he became a drawing-room sensation. Beautiful women pursued him upon his return, and Louis XVI was even moved to authorize French aid for the Americans. Lafayette had convinced his countrymen, as he wrote in 1777, that "America's happiness is intimately linked to that of mankind...
...Salvador for just seven hours, but his warnings about "these right-wing fanatics" were stark and powerful. "Your cause is being undermined by the murderous violence of reactionary minorities," he said to an assembly of the country's politicians and military men, "[which] poisons the well of friendship between our countries. [Do not] make the mistake of thinking that there is any division in my country on this question...
...along with U.S. plans to continue to provide sophisticated military aid to moderate Arab nations. U.S. officials insist they never expected Shamir to yield on such matters. Their modest hope, said one, is that Shamir, unlike Begin, will not "throw a tantrum" whenever the U.S. tries to strengthen its friendship with Arab nations...
...tension that these rivalries create--and the bond that keeps them together--is never developed in the play. When Deidre asks Kit why friendship is so important to her, she answers with seeming disinterest...