Sanders akapinda mumutambo unopesana nehondo mushure mekupinda kweUnited States muGrenada
uye vakatsoropodza United States nokuda kwokutsoropodza kwayo kwokunyepedzera kwokupinda kweSoviet muAfghanistan nePoland apo panguva imwe cheteyo yakanga ichipinda muGrenada. Sanders akanyorawo tsamba kuna Senator Patrick Leahy achimubvunza pamusoro pebasa rakaitwa neCIA mukubviswa kwaMaurice Bishop, mutungamiri weGrenada, achitaura kuti "Ndiri kuda kuziva nezvebasa reC.I.A. mukubviswa kwaMaurice Bishop. Zvirokwazvo, basa rose reGrenadian rakanga rine zvinhu zvose zvechiitiko cheCIA. Pakanga pane kuvhiringidza, kuponda, nyonganiso uye, pakupedzisira, chiito chechiuto chokudzorera "mutemo norunyararo", zvaidikanwa. Chisarudzo chaikumbira kubviswa kwavarwi veUnited States muGrenada chakakundikana pashure pokuvhota kwevashanu kuvashanu mudare reguta. Sanders akapinda mumutambo waipikisa hondo muWashington, D.C., uyo wakapindwa nevanhu vanopfuura 50 000.