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TIME readers reacted in large numbers to the Nov. 7 coverage of the U.S. invasion of Grenada. President Reagan's military action was approved 323 to 231 among the 1,058 who wrote. Said a typical supporter: "What it all boils down to is that America is a little safer today because President Reagan had the guts to remove a cancer in the Caribbean...
...despite the clear statement in his book Duties Beyond Borders that "while I am not a pacifist...I have a strong belief that no war is very often better than war." In his letter of 8 March Prof. Womack has already rebutted the "false accusations" that he organised the Grenada demonstration, but it appears that Mr. Lagon considers even speaking at such a meeting to be inconsistent with a faculty position. At a gathering outside of his normal academic responsibilities John Womack surely has a right to criticise President Reagan (as has Richard Pipes, for example, in his support...
...look at it from the personal side. Think of all those independently wealthy former Porcellian members, sitting around the Grenada Yacht Club. This season's topsiders remain untouched by saltwater, but they have to sit around the club, fearful they might take one in the gut if they merely head out in the $50,000 yachts. Yachts they certainly have a right to sail. There's fairness for rich people too, you know...
...says you get more obscure as you get more conservative. But I suppose you're right about this Grenada business. Still, I take issue with your defense of Michael Jackson. He and his brothers made five million on that commercial...
...subject of Grenada, Seaga said that Jamaica, which sent an invasion force to aid the U.S. Marines, was entitled to remove the threat of an "Amin-like leader" under the write of the Organization of Eastern Carbbcan states...