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Crimson: Do you see the Grenada invasion as compromising our ability to criticize such Soviet moves as the invasion of Afghanistan...
Cohen:No, there's absolutely no comparison whatsoever between the U.S. invasion of Grenada and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan First there's such a discrepancy in size that it is ludious. Secondly, when the Soviets entered Afghanistan hundreds of thousands of refugees field the country, civilians were gassed villages were destroyed and the whole population has been obliterated. There was an enormous amount of cruelty. By contrast with the U.S. invasion of Grenada. I don't think we're going to be there for very long. [The Soviets] are still in Afghanistan. We're going to be leaving behind...
Crimson: Do you think that the military buildup in Grenada was real...
...realistic point of view-seeing the moral strength the United States has vis-a-vis its would enemy Russia-it can't get up in the U.N. anywhere and talk about Afghanistan or any other act of futurism by the Russians because they can get up and point at Grenada...
...think that if you take the Caribbean, I think that the best judges you have there are the leaders of the state who are better off with is happening than with it not happening. I'm sure there's something to what you said. If the Cubans dominated Grenada, it would have caused them more problems and that's why they wanted military intervention. I think one beneficial, long-term effect is that it will have a chilling effect on the Cubans and on the Nicaraguans. The Nicaraguans were kind of scared by the cutback. It will give the Cubans...