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WTF was Reagan doing in Granada?
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Date: December 7th, 2023 2:56 PM Author: erotic amber hominid Was just looking at a map of Grenada. Its a dot in the ocean, like 5 miles by 10 miles.
It went commie in 1983? Lol who cares. A hundred thousand people live there, 90% of whom were probably illiterate pack mules.
There were more commies in a San Francisco neighborhood
i could see if it had some value as a base or something. its a volcano surrounded by huts |
Date: December 7th, 2023 2:58 PM Author: orange house-broken rigpig He overthrew the commies in Grenada, and then the Soviet Union collapsed only a few years later. Domino effect. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5456745&forum_id=2#47144577) |
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Date: December 8th, 2023 9:56 AM Author: cowardly stimulating space (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5456745&forum_id=2#47147079) |
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Date: December 7th, 2023 2:59 PM Author: Autistic Stage Community Account There are thousands of American citizens studying medicine on the island (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5456745&forum_id=2#47144580) |
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Date: December 7th, 2023 3:00 PM Author: erotic amber hominid wiki says there were "600". And lol at the president caring about some TTT med students, who were under no direct threat at the time anyway.
"Send the US Army! Some Baltimore City College of Medicine rejects may one day be hostages!" |
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Date: December 8th, 2023 9:27 AM Author: big-titted people who are hurt i bet most of them were turd americans, they are biggest ones in carib med schools
students shit was all an excuse similar to WMD in iraq |
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Date: December 7th, 2023 3:04 PM Author: Magenta splenetic senate sound barrier Yeah, that was apparently the major reason for the intervention. Medical students were held hostage or were going to be held. It was also a way to test the american military after Vietnam and test the public's appetite for future intervention. The US performed pretty shittily with a couple of bad friendly fire incidents but got the job done. It was a wake up call for the pentagon. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5456745&forum_id=2#47144600) |
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Date: December 7th, 2023 3:06 PM Author: erotic amber hominid friendly fire seems inevitable when you surround an island that's 3 miles across. fuckers were shooting in a circle (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5456745&forum_id=2#47144606) |
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Date: December 8th, 2023 9:48 AM Author: Autistic Stage Community Account The Granadian Circlejerk (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5456745&forum_id=2#47147064) |
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Date: December 7th, 2023 3:08 PM Author: Talking pea-brained parlour It was a fairly easy win that still allowed Reagan to "overthrow a Communist government in the US's backyard" showing that he was willing to use military force to get the job done if necessary. In other words, it was more of a political victory than anything else. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5456745&forum_id=2#47144617) |
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Date: December 8th, 2023 8:39 AM Author: erotic amber hominid I never really how ridiculous it was though until I looked at a map. This fucking island is tiny.
The invading force consisted of the 1st and 2nd battalions of the US Army's 75th Ranger Regiment, the 82nd Airborne Division, and elements of the former Rapid Deployment Force, U.S. Marines, US Army Delta Force, Navy SEALs, and ancillary forces, totaling 7,600 troops, together with Jamaican forces and troops of the Regional Security System (RSS). |
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Date: December 8th, 2023 6:55 PM Author: Talking pea-brained parlour And what percent of people did this analysis? Most just said "wow, Reagan is a boss!" There was no internet back then. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5456745&forum_id=2#47149125) |
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Date: December 8th, 2023 7:05 PM Author: peach piazza nibblets There was actually
https://www.usenetarchives.com/view.php?id=net.politics&mid=PDMyOEBzdW4uVVVDUD4 |
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Date: December 11th, 2023 3:37 PM Author: Talking pea-brained parlour There was the predecessor to the internet that was used by a tiny percentage of the population. It was nothing like today. Yes, I remember the days of BBS and USENET but I also remember just how niche it was. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5456745&forum_id=2#47158683) |
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Date: December 8th, 2023 9:24 AM Author: Titillating Mint Meetinghouse tiny and insignificant was the whole point
reagan showed the russians we'd deploy forces for even the smallest commie uprising on our side of the world |
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Date: December 8th, 2023 10:12 AM Author: Exciting Sienna Indirect Expression Clint Eastwood dominated that shithole. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5456745&forum_id=2#47147125) |
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Date: December 8th, 2023 10:13 AM Author: cowardly stimulating space John Turturo too (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5456745&forum_id=2#47147131) |
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Date: December 8th, 2023 12:37 PM Author: useless vermilion tanning salon patrolman IIRC it was right after the marine barracks bombing in Lebanon.
The US had no stomach for a fight in the Middle East (thank God for that) so we bombed a nothing Carribean country instead to look tough.
This was only a couple years after the Iran hostage thing too so I imagine there was pressure to show the US could still do military stuff. Easier to kick the dog than fight the scary Scumbag dude.
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Date: December 8th, 2023 7:19 PM Author: cowardly stimulating space no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5456745&forum_id=2#47149160) |
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Date: December 10th, 2023 7:39 PM Author: useless vermilion tanning salon patrolman Marine barracks bombing was 10/23/83.
Grenada invasion was 10/25/83.
Don’t mess with the bull young man, you’ll get the horns. |
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Date: December 10th, 2023 7:44 PM Author: Exciting Sienna Indirect Expression Bombing a mental hospital: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Grenada_mental_hospital_bombing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5456745&forum_id=2#47155657) |