Reply #33

The republicans/conservatives are all about the hypocrisy, and yes I know this is nothing surprising. Given that, if conservatives believed that Democrats were hiding something/anything on an island country in the Caribbean, you would hear the calls for invasion from your front porch.

The island would be blockaded, the airport seized and communication channels disrupted. Then troops would be sent in followed by an army of GOP lawyers.

I know this is a silly analogy but it started with the question, Do the activities in the Cayman's represent a threat to US (economic infrastructure) as much as Cuban/Russian geo-political influence with Grenada in 1983? The key here is the perception of threat be it communist from Cuba and Russia (Reagan's March 1983 Grenada references to "Soviet-Cuban militarization" of the Caribbean) versus un-patriotic greed of US corporations and executives.

I am in no way legitimaizing the reasons given for the invasion of Grenada. I was just thinking through the idea of preception of threat and the reponse to a percieved threat and how they contrast between republicans/conservatives and Democrats.

For reference I have always been a liberal, because I just don't automatically hate someone different from me. I do seem to be developing an unhealthy hatred for greedy people. I think I am going to regret posting this.