> The US used its army directly in the New World at least as recently as 1982, in the invasion of Grenada. Or even more recently in '89 down in Panama. Or in

> The US used its army directly in the New World at least as recently as 1982, in the invasion of Grenada. Or even more recently in '89 down in Panama. Or in Haiti in '94 -- though that one wasn't necessarily an invasion but the troops were in the air if diplomacy failed.