uickly. Think about how the Marxist leftist thugs would have treated them if they had gotten to them first. The medical students were a perfect target for terrorist activity. For the Americans living there, they endured a high degree of anxiety because the new rulers of Grenada had imposed a 24-hour curfew and had ordered violators to be shot on sight. The Americans wanted out, and Reagan did come trough for them. They were seized upon arrival of the 1900 troops. This war received a lot of attention nationally as well, as internationally. On a national level Americans were mostly supportive because of the buzz on the Cuban built airstrip and its hundreds of Cuban “worker-fighters” that were claimed to be “looming at their back door.” Americans felt threatened by the soviet weapons being stored at the new “Cuban built” airport in Grenada. On an international level the U.S. was not fairing so well. Europeans were not at all happy with Reagan’s self- absorbed decision. Leaders across the world were alarmed as well as embarrasses that President Reagan would take such a drastic action after consulting with only one partner, Britain. In fact Britain was involved in the situation only to be ignored. Margaret Thatcher advised President Reagan to lay low in the situation, that military action seemed unwarranted. He did not listen. West Germany was another key U.S. partner in Europe; they did not get so much as a phone call from Washington and were caught by surprise when the marines landed. Hans Jurgen Wischnewski, a member of the German parliament, declared in a debate, “This is a dark day for the alliance.” All of the governments of the European countries were mad and felt betrayed. Britain, West Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Greece all made a point of distancing themselves from the U.S. action. Italy’s prime minister was not afraid to say what was on his m...
