“If God can't come, He does send."
-Popular Grenadian expression
During a period of time in which the spread of communism was most feared by the Free World, the small Caribbean island of Grenada served as an easy and strategic target. With white, sandy shorelines separated from that of the United States by approximately 4,600 miles of ocean — a fairly easy voyage for a large Soviet aircraft — the island provided, not only a perfect location to launch a militant strike, but also to spread the ideals of communism throughout South America. Sparked by a series of power struggles, an extended revolution took place on Grenada between 1976 and 1983. This created for an unstable government and society: an ideal environment for an external source to plant the seeds of communism. In reaction to this instability, the threat of communist influence, and numerous other factors, President Ronald Reagan launched the allied American invasion of Grenada on October 25, 1983, thereby aborting a revolution, and causing future world leaders to question the validity and urgency of their own, similar intentions.
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