The accident in the Tonkin Gulf when North Vietnamese forces attacked the U.S. vessels and caused two airplanes to crash was a good reason to start the conflict, as the troops of North Vietnam violated the Geneva Convention and attacked a foreign navy in the neutral international waters. The United States has to react on this accident, as it was the mater of international respect, but at the same time the presidents administration had to estimate the future consequences of the military strike back. It was not secret that a lot of Soviet weapon was concentrated in North Vietnam, and Viet Kong army was ready to start the war for the unification of the country as it was guaranteed to have a support from Soviets.
Invention in Grenada was caused by the Cuban influence on Grenada's government in early 1980 iers. Grenada changed its political orientation and turned to the U.S.S.R. And Cuba as it considered them to be its partners. As the result it started to build its military defense system getting support from Cuba and Soviets. It was considered to be a threat to the security in the region that was guaranteed by the U.S.A. And the Organization of Eastern Caribbean states. As a result the U.S.A. started intervention of Island. More than eight thousand U.S. soldiers took part in the campaign, 19 died and 119 were wounded. Grenadeans lost 70 soldiers dead and 417 wounded. The cost of the campaign was 6 million dollars. As a result the government was changed to a more loyal one to the U.S.A. This case shows that sometimes the U.S.A. doesn't take the political and democratic freedoms of the definite countries where its interests are not met.
The policies Monroe doctrine that were later changed into the policy of F. Roosevelt of Pan-Americanism gave the United States nearly unlimited privileges in solving of different problems in any the region of the Western hemisphere....
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