"Did ya see any when USA invaded Grenada?"
This just a 'FYI', type post - interesting story type post. Actually arguing that communism (as seen in real life) is evil is like having to argue that smoking is bad for you...you constantly find yourself saying 'am I really having to be serious about this?'.
I've spent alot of time in the 'windward isles'/'The Grenadines' - Grenada, St. Vincent, Beqay, etc. I was working there when I was there, and in very close contact with the local populace.
My fellow Americans will be glad to know that those people *love* the U.S.A. I had a middle-aged Mother say to me (in St. Vincent, about 20 min. outside the capital) "We were so scared...that the Cubans and their communists would come here from Grenada, and the American soldiers came and stopped them I was so relieved!"
I've been to the airfield that was being constructed on Grenada, years after the invasion in '83 (I had nothing to do with the invasion, I was still in H.S.).
One of my favorites about the invasion of Grenada. A (communist) democratic congressman was arguing against U.S. intervention. He sent a 'fact finding' mission to Grenada. After the invasion, we captured documents explaining that the head of the 'fact finding mission' briefed the head of the Cuban backed communist forces along the following lines:
"Here is a copy of what we will present to the U.S. congress. The Congressman wants you to know if you think any changes need to be made, just tell us and we'll make them".
A very detailed overview of the invasion of Grenada and the attempt of blatantly communist and anti-U.S. *American politicians* to thwart such an invasion can be found in David Horowitz' book (I can't recall the title but if you find a paper called 'Another Low Dishonest Decade on the Left' by Horowitz the story is in there as well).
Blitz, I'd like to see some documentation - DOB, SSN, etc. of those 'communist U.S. veterans' - I'll bet good money a decent % of them are claming service in the military that they cannot lay claim to.
"Tell papa Stalin there has been a mistake! We aren't getting any food! Tell him we are starving he must find out!"
- from a peasant farmer's Wife to Josef Stalin's Wife at a train station in the Ukraine in the 1920s
Mike/wulfie