Word: thatcherism
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...first time since the end of the Viet Nam War, the U.S. had committed its troops to a combat attack. The abrupt use of force immediately drew a worldwide chorus of protest. U.S. allies, including British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, deplored the violation of Grenada's sovereignty. Many Latin American nations saw the invasion as a revival of the type of gunboat diplomacy that has haunted them for more than a century. At home, members of Congress and ordinary citizens alike wondered what had prompted President Reagan to take such drastic action against a tiny island. Coming only...
Reagan then received a telephone call from Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. He told her that the invasion was imminent and explained why. To his apparent surprise, she raised strong objections to the entire proposal, suggesting vaguely that economic sanctions would be more appropriate...
Hunt compared Reagan's actions to Prime Minister of Great Britain Margaret Thatcher's restrictions on the press during the Falkland Islands war. "This is actually a bit worse," he said, "because the British, in keeping with their system and customs took the reporters along but they muzzled them. That was unacceptable, but at least the reporters went...
Nelson said "I don't think the President even had to learn from Thatcher. I think that's always been his inclination-not to let the people know. It gives the impression, accurate or not, that they have something to hide In the end this may be like Watergate...
...advisors and the few members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) that seem to have contacted him. Apart from arousing our natural disgust, this kind of secrecy severely undercuts our standing with our European allies at just the moment when we need their trust most. Even Margaret Thatcher, Reagan's staunchest European ally, was not informed of the attack until Monday and was summarily rebuffed when she tried to prevent it, even though the area is still, ostensibly, a member of the British Commonwealth. That move not only hurt American reputation in the area but also clearly embarrassed...