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...rejoiced, the fighting in Grenada continued. The initial invasion force of 1,900 had grown to 6,000 men. They controlled the island's major populated areas, but not its wooded and mountainous ulterior. Although the Administration had at first expected the U.S. troops to be able to withdraw within a few weeks at most, leaving police from the neighboring islands to maintain order, the military field commanders were becoming less sanguine. "If the Cubans want to go up hi these hills and play games, it will take a while," said Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf, commander of the invading...
Senator Ernest Rollings of South Carolina, a Democratic presidential candidate, called on the Administration to draft a plan to withdraw the Marines within 60 days. "If they've been put there to fight, then there are far too few," he said. "If they've been put there to be killed, there are far too many." Meanwhile, Democratic Front Runner Walter Mondale cautiously avoided the issue Sunday, after making a brief statement...
...Americans who have lost their lives serving our country in the cause of peace." Messages of condolence were arriving from around the world. In London, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher expressed her sorrow to Reagan, as well as to President Francois Mitterrand, and assured them that Britain would not withdraw its contingent of 100 soldiers from Lebanon. Said a Thatcher aide: "By attempting to bomb the Multi-National Force out of Lebanon, the extremists, whoever they are, have in a perverse way confirmed the success of the force in helping stabilize the country...
Pickens disclaimed any interest in winning such a seat: "I'm already on too many boards." He accused the company of attempting to shut off Mesa's credit by threatening to withdraw its business from banks where Mesa borrows money...
...factions, each with its own peculiar aims and loyalties, will continue to bicker and fight regardless of any foreign military presence. Foreign armies many times larger than a meager batallion of Marines have unsuccessfully tried to pacify Lebanon. Faced with a pointless, perepetuzl war of attrition Israel chose to withdraw. Why then is the United States becoming ever more enmeshed in this senseless conflict that can not but end in tragedy...