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...invasion of Grenada brought a surge of new enlistments in ROTC programs. The quality of military recruits is improving substantially. The motives for entering the service are not just economic now (the Army as a last resort for jobless youth). They are also patriotic. In his letter of application to West Point, a high school student from Florida wrote, "I will relish having the chance to serve my country in a position in which I can exert a positive influence...
...long insisted that his diplomats must be backed up by a credible willingness to use force. He replied to Weinberger in a speech of his own last week, arguing that "there is no such thing as guaranteed public support in advance." If force is used effectively, as in Grenada, he said, public support will follow; if not, as in Viet Nam, it will be "frittered away." He added, "A great power cannot free it self so easily from the burden of choice...
...demonology of the Reagan Administration, Fidel Castro's Cuba ranks high, probably somewhere between Libya and Nicaragua. The only serious U.S. combat action in a decade has been against Cubans, during last year's Grenada invasion, and the Administration has refused even to consider fullscale, formal diplomatic relations. Thus it seemed a bit out of character when the White House last week announced a deal to re-establish immigration arrangements, the first agreement between the U.S. and Cuba since 1977. Castro will take back as many as 2,746 criminals and mental patients he dispatched...
...winner's other great advantage was his reassuring lack of charisma. As he puts it, "I'm just an ordinary guy who believes in the Lord and trusts in him for support." The son of a laborer, Blaize was born on Grenada's sister island of Carriacou and moved to Grenada in 1930 to attend secondary school. A bicycle accident two years after graduation left him briefly paralyzed; as a result he suffers from degenerative arthritis and walks with the aid of a cane...
...onetime clerk for a U.S. oil company in Aruba, Blaize first won a seat in Grenada's colonial Parliament in 1957. In 1960 he served as the island's interim Chief Minister for 14 months before losing an election to Gairy. When his opponent was forced out of office 18 months later for "financial irregularities," Blaize won a five-year term as government leader. During that time he took a correspondence course in law, finally earning a degree after ten years. Critics claim that Blaize's first term was uninspired; supporters answer that his patience and caution...