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We finally have a President who not only "carries a big stick" but swings it!
Maurice J. Miller Fairfield, Conn.
The reaction of Britain confuses me. The constant pressure by totalitarian regimes must be stopped somewhere. Would the invasion have been more legitimate if the U.S. had waited until Communist installations were in place or perhaps a coup had occurred somewhere else in the Caribbean, like Puerto Rico?
Chris Davis Knoxville, Tenn.
The U.S. ought to send all weapons and ammunition confiscated in Grenada to the freedom fighters in Afghanistan.
Alpha M. Wiggins Austin
If something had happened to the medical students on Grenada, imagine the jeers from the rest of the world.
Alice H. Aishton Lebanon, N.H.
Great Britain should have moved months ago to rescue the people of Grenada from the threat of Soviet Communism. Today Grenada is free again, with no thanks to Britain.
Ronald Beatson Brussels
After witnessing the cowardly reaction of our so-called allies in Europe to our initiative in Grenada, I have come to question the wisdom of a greater U.S. role in the defense of Western Europe. Let us oblige them and withdraw all U.S. forces and weapons from their lands.
Cheng Chen Dallas
Body on the Beach
I fail to see any justification for your tasteless photograph of the body of one of my fallen comrades, the helicopter pilot lying dead on the beach [Nov. 7].
Richard L. Upchurch Colonel, U.S.M.C. Maxwell A.F.B., Ala.
I knew the Marine pilot whose body you photographed. Your picture only makes his death worse. No fighting man should be stripped of his honor in his moment of sacrifice.
Randall G. White Lincolnton, N.C.
As the wife of a Marine pilot, I found the picture of the dead airman on the beach excessively vivid. Reality can sometimes be too gruesome.
Teeny Massey Jacksonville, N.C.
War Without the Press
This country has no future as a democracy unless the press is free to report on the good and the bad. President Reagan was wrong to exclude the media from going to Grenada [Nov. 7].
George A. Fulford Mill Valley, Calif.
The press must understand that the primary objective in war is to attain victory with a minimal loss of life. Delaying the news for a few days to achieve this goal is a small price to pay.
Harry M. Sanchez Miami
So the press was not allowed to go to Grenada and do its usual liberal, biased reporting. Whoopee!
Dony Gideon Larkspur, Colo.
The press long ago abdicated its role as impartial observer. It no longer reports. It editorializes.
Bill Berry El Cajon, Calif.
Freedom of the press is a precious right. Without it, Americans would be fed claptrap by bureaucrats, who would be their only source of information. When I hear the public lambasting the press, I shudder.
Bea Sommers Hemet, Calif.
In your Essay on the exclusion of the press from the Grenada invasion, you say, "The press has a serious quasiconstitutional function as a representative of the public." This statement is essentially correct. However, the function is self-assigned. The public, on the other hand, has not complained that the press was denied for a time its sensational headlines and pictures of Grenada.