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Both Reagan and Thatcher nurtured their legends with small yet symbolic military triumphs early in their tenures. But contrast Reagan's famous victory in Grenada with Thatcher's in the Falklands. Grenada was conquered before most Americans even knew Grenada existed. But it was more than a month from the time the British task force sailed to retake the Falklands from Argentina to the time the war was won. Whatever the rights and wrongs of either war, announcing the prospect of a battle is leadership; announcing a victory is not. Whether America will actually defend its freedom with blood...
...Afghanistan marks a change. It signifies the demise of the Brezhnev Doctrine, first enunciated with the invasion of Czechoslovakia exactly 20 years ago. Brezhnev declared that socialism will suffer no losses: countries that come under Marxist- Leninism remain under Marxist-Leninism. Afghanistan is the first breach in that doctrine. (Grenada is too small to count.) Enthusiastic believers in the demise of the cold war also point to Gorbachev's words to show that the Soviet Union, apostle of revolution ("national liberation"), has become the defender of stability. A favorite quote: "We favor socialism, but we do not impose our convictions...
From the halls of Montezuma to the beaches of Grenada, the U.S. Marines have depended more on the courage of individual fighting men than on fancy combat gear. But in an era of smart bombs and guided missiles, even the Leathernecks are reaching for high-tech equipment to get the job done. Last week the Corps unveiled a revolutionary "tilt-rotor" aircraft designed to dominate the modern battlefield. Known as the Osprey, it will take off and land vertically like a helicopter but fly as fast as a conventional plane. It will do all this, the Corps proclaims, by tilting...
Israelis, remembering that the U.S. and Britain limited press coverage of the Grenada and Falkland Island invasions, ask defensively why Israel should hesitate to do the same in the West Bank. The analogy blurs the line between the secrecy needs of combat operations and those of policing civil unrest, but the idea of shutting out the press has got a sympathetic hearing in elite quarters. Last month former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was quoted as telling a group of American Jewish leaders that the "insurrection must be quelled immediately, and the first step is to throw out television...
...administration has favored covert and overt military action to solve problems in the hemisphere, most notably in Grenada. Sadly, Congress has given itself a reactive, subsidiary role as a glorified back-seat driver, constantly watching over the shoulder of the White House and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As in Honduras, this relationship prevents the United States from taking a strong military stand against communism and limits our ability to use force when and where we ought to. Divisions also makes our allies doubt our determination and gives our adversaries renewed confidence...