>I think you misunderstood. I was not in Grenada, but my daughter's father was.

Surely you're too young to have served in Grenada!

>>Tracy, thank you for the thought-provoking post. My thoughts about the Grenada affair have always been that it was just an exercise in American chest thumping, Goliath defeating David, but you were there so I give your opinion more credence than mine. Sometimes we're wrong, as amazing as that seems ;-)

Such a glorious end to the Clint Eastwood film, Heartbreak Ridge, where his plucky lads, despite obverwhelming odds against them, triumphed over the better-equiped commie troops.

BTW, I don't think Thatcher objected to US troops invading British sovereignty, as much as the US's not having consulted/asked beforehand. How would the US react to UK troops landing in one of their Pacific islands?