WHY ISN'T GRANADA ON THE NEW U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT BANNED COUNTRIES LIST? OVERSIGHT, NEGLECT, OR SOMETHING MORE SINISTER?

As my friend RICHARD MOIR so aptly suggested, "Why not Grenada, too?" after reviewing the leaked draft of the Department of State Banned Countries List, and not finding it there. All the other four East Caribbean states that sell Citizenship by Investment (CBI/CIP) passports were named & shamed, and are the only Caribbean jurisdictions listed, obviously because of the CBI scandal. read the Executive Order if you doubt me.

So what happened? Was it a new State staffer, hired solely because of his politics, and not his academic and vocational qualifications, who never took a geography course at university? Did the author of the list forget about the US invasion of Grenada? Was the person somebody's nephew, with no background in political geography, and not culturally literate? Remember HENG SHENG GROUP, the Chinese-controlled company that infected Grenada's CBI, sent its PM to see China's leader, and sold thousands of illegal passports to Chinese criminals and intelligence agents? Can you say due diligence, mate?

Or was it something more sinister; well-heeled foreign investors pairing their Grenada CBI with an American visa, who might just be manipulated into making a large (albeit illegal) campaign contribution? Whatever the reason, kindly add Grenada to the list, please. it is thoroughly deserved.