Ricardolindo
Banned
Some years ago this led to a discussion of US intervention. I pointed out that the only ready force was a single combined arms brigade of Marines on the east coast. A second brigade could have been sent from the west coast in maybe sixty days, and a base defense battalion or two. Under absolutely best case it would have taken the US Army three months to have a 24,000 man expeditionary force ready on the docks. After mobilization of some reserve officers and probably some National Guard regiments the Army might have had 50,000 ready in six months.
A direct intervention was out of the question, IMO. At the time, the USA were too isolationalist for a direct intervention.