Reply #4: Thanks for posting the truth of the matter, Mika. Hate to see a lie left standing pretending, to be

[Judi Lynn]

the truth. Very, very tacky.

You might find this account by William Blum very worthwhile:

Grenada 1979-1984
Lying -- one of the few growth industries in Washington
excerpted from the book
Killing Hope
by William Blum

What can be said about an invasion launched by a nation of 240 million people against one of 110 thousand? And when the invader is, militarily and economically, the most powerful in the world, and the target of its attack is an underdeveloped island of small villages 1,500 miles away, 133 square miles in size, whose main exports are cocoa, nutmeg and bananas...

The United States government had a lot to say about it. The relation which its pronouncements bore to the truth can be accurately gauged by the fact that three days after the invasion the deputy White House press secretary for foreign affairs resigned, citing "damage to his personal credibility''.
(snip)

As to the invasion itself ... code-named "Urgent Fury" ... 2,000 American marines and paratroopers the first day, by week's end 7,000 on the island, even more waiting offshore ... planes fitted with murderous multi-barreled Gatling guns spraying positions of the People;s Revolutionary Army ... "The People's Revolutionary Army-are they on our side or theirs?" asks the young Marines... the home of the Cuban ambassador damaged and looted by American soldiers; on one wall is written "AA", symbol of the 82nd Airborne Division; beside it the message: "Eat shit, commie faggot" ... captured Cubans used as hostages, ordered to march in front of American jeeps as they advanced on Cuban positions, a violation of the Geneva Convention ... promises of all kinds were made to Cuban prisoners, said Castro, to get them to go to the United States; none accepted. "I want to fuck communism out of this little island," says a marine, "and fuck it right back to Moscow." ... "Britain announced that it was sending a destroyer to assist in the rescue," said the American radio station to the Grenadian people the first morning; not a half-truth, but a complete lie ... Grenadians who heard the broadcasts said they were a powerful encouragement to accept the occupation ... the fighting was over in a week, 135 Americans killed or wounded, 84 Cubans, 400 Grenadians, more or less ...

The land conquered, there remained the people's hearts and minds. At the outset, the invasion radio station engaged in fiery attacks against Bishop-he had brought Grenada into captivity said the announcer. But then the Americans evidently learned that this was a tactical error, that Bishop was still enormously popular, because for some time afterward, criticism of his regime was usually made more indirectly and without naming him.

(snip/...)

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Grenada_KH.html