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...directed the CIA's covert war in Angola before quitting in 1977, reiterated some of the ideas set forth in his recent book. "In Search of Enemies," denouncing the U.S.'s involvement in a number of Third World nations. He also criticized President Reagan's interventions in Nicaragua and Grenada...
...BLEW THEM AWAY," gleefully announced Admiral Joseph Metcalf III, the commander of U.S. forces in Grenada, as some of the 6000 American troops began withdrawing from the island. Indeed, the Pentagon completed most of its military objectives on the first few days of the two-week war. Meanwhile, our embarrassed European allies deplored the invasion; our delighted adversaries quickly racked up much-needed propaganda points. The legality of U.S. intervention will remain forever unresolved, the battle lines fiercely drawn along ideological lines. Perhaps now is the time to distance ourselves from this bickering and begin to examine the future...
Restoring freedom and democracy, explained President Reagan, were paramount objectives of American intervention. Consequently, Grenada Governor-General Paul Scoon's proclamation last Thursday to enact sweeping restrictions on personal and press freedoms surprised the Administration. Citing a 1968 "state of emergency" law, Scoon banned public meetings, allowed searches without warrant, and established measures to censor the press. Moreover, American troops have rounded up over a thousand Grenadian civilians suspected of sympathizing with slain Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. These detained Grenadians, questioned on their anti-Western beliefs and political activities, are kept in isolation cells under heavy guard. Relying on local...
...South Korea, etc.) to suit our own geopolitical and strategic interests. By ferreting out known Bishop supporters, the U.S. government is preventing the leaders of a major political faction from participating in the democratic forum. Without the international fallout of heavy-handed paternalism, this weeding-out process subtly changes Grenada's political composition--skewing the election results months in advance...
...warm welcome U.S. troops received in Grenada seemed to justify the invasion and reinforce our sense of having taken a moral action. But when we begin to exhibit moral arrogance and trample on the rights of people we seek to protect, we become almost as dangerous as dictatorial regimes. More than three centuries ago. Grenadians enthusiastically welcomed French invaders. These foreigners, with their peculiar language and customs, found a native population eager to sell their island for a few trinkets. Nine months later, Grenadians confronted their French masters in bloody skirmishes...