Deputy Prime Minister W. Bernard Coard, of Grenada, overthrows and kills Prime Minister Maurice R. Bishop in a coup d’etat.

       [restored 12/1/2022] Thanks to Jim Lorenz and Bill Holmes for this entry.

      FALSE FLAG OPERATION (1983): Republican (fascist/socialist) President Reagan in press conference, with the national media, commenting on the fact that he is not allowing United states Marines (private mercenaries) stationed in Beirut, to carry ammunition in their rifles, says, “We’re looking at everything that can be done to try and make their position safer.  We’re not sitting idly by.”

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       Why were U.S. troops in Lebanon in the first place? 2. Troops with empty weapons are not able to defend themselves; if they are not able to defend themselves why are they there; to provide live targets for Lebanese defenders? This is what Congress is empowered to do by the Constitution, as to military adventures:

        [Article I, Section 8,  Cl. 10] To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Laws of Nations;

        [Article I, Section 8 [Clause] 11] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

        [Article I, Section 8 [Clause] 12] To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation  of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

        [Article I, Section 8, Cl.13] To provide and maintain a Navy;

        [Article I, Section 8 [Clause] 14] To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

       [Article I, Section 8 [Clause] 15] To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

       [Article I, Section 8 [Clause] 16] To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

       Where do you find the authority for foreign adventurism? Please see Article II for the Lawful authority of the president, as intended. –– JL

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