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'There's a war coming,' Marine Corps general warns US troops
Fox News ^ | 12/23/17

Posted on 12/23/2017 8:05:51 AM PST by markomalley

A Marine Corps commandant on Thursday warned U.S. troops stationed in Norway to be prepared for a coming war.

“I hope I’m wrong, but there’s a war coming,” Gen. Robert Neller told them. “You’re in a fight here, an informational fight, a political fight, by your presence.”

Neller pointed to the near future possibility of Russia and the Pacific theater being the next major areas of conflict.

Sgt. Maj. Ronald Green sounded a similar tone.

"Just remember why you're here," Green said. "They're watching. Just like you watch them, they watch you. We've got 300 Marines up here; we could go from 300 to 3,000 overnight. We could raise the bar."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: fourth100days; trumpdod; usmilitary
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1 posted on 12/23/2017 8:05:51 AM PST by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Preparation for war is how the peace is preserved. Our military should always be ready for the worst on little or no notice.


2 posted on 12/23/2017 8:11:27 AM PST by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: markomalley

Trump should sign a EO requiring politicians to be on the front lines of any war.


3 posted on 12/23/2017 8:15:12 AM PST by davidb56
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To: markomalley

300 Marines in Norway?

That’s enough to scour the country clean of Muslims.


4 posted on 12/23/2017 8:16:47 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Trump should sign a EO requiring politicians to be on the front lines of any war.

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5 posted on 12/23/2017 8:22:24 AM PST by tomkat
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To: markomalley

Maybe a better headline would have been “war is continuing”.


6 posted on 12/23/2017 8:23:03 AM PST by buckalfa (Slip sliding away towards senility.)
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To: markomalley

Good golly! Are we going to do the Norway thing every year? Marines have been going to Norway for a long, long time. I was there in the early eighties. Nice place, nice exercise, large exercise.


7 posted on 12/23/2017 8:25:54 AM PST by rey
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To: markomalley

Newsflash: There’s always a war coming.


8 posted on 12/23/2017 8:30:16 AM PST by Stentor
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To: Stentor

against who?


9 posted on 12/23/2017 8:40:43 AM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat)
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To: MNDude

“against who?”

The Umma.

L


10 posted on 12/23/2017 8:42:45 AM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: markomalley

Since WWII, how many years have we not had troops engaged in combat?

We are at war now, unless this guy thinks a worse one will crop up in addition to what we are doing now.


11 posted on 12/23/2017 8:53:02 AM PST by redfreedom
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To: markomalley

“Only the dead have seen the end of war”


12 posted on 12/23/2017 9:28:56 AM PST by varyouga
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To: markomalley

Why would Russia attack Norway? Would they march across Finland and Sweden. The north route across Norway isn’t an option. Russia’s Army is a shadow of what it was. This sounds nuts.


13 posted on 12/23/2017 9:46:54 AM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: markomalley

Our military forces should be prepared for war at any minute. I don’t care if we go 100 years without having to fire a bullet, it doesn’t change the fact that they should be equipped and trained to go as soon as the call is made.


14 posted on 12/23/2017 9:52:36 AM PST by Roobarb321
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To: markomalley

The only reason we have Generals is because “War Is Coming”


15 posted on 12/23/2017 11:07:07 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Seruzawa
Yeah, the last time the Russkies took on Finland they pretty much got their clocks cleaned. It was only through over whelming numbers that they won.
16 posted on 12/23/2017 11:35:20 AM PST by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: davidb56

I think we should start with the Trump, Romney and Sununu families. Personally I’d also make assign them to an infantry division in a combat MOS...though at the battalion level it really doesn’t matter.


17 posted on 12/23/2017 11:37:59 AM PST by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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To: markomalley
According to the interviewed Western intelligence sources, Sweden and Finland would come under attack in the case of a real war against NATO. These attacks were also rehearsed in September. “We know that, in case of a war with NATO, Russia would not expect Sweden and Finland to remain neutral, although they are not part of NATO. Stockholm and Helsinki would allow NATO aircraft to use their airfields and so on”. The source alleged that most Swedish and southern Finish air fields would therefore come under Iskander missile attacks. The sources pointed towards the Murmansk region on the Kola peninsula, bordering on Finland and Norway. “There were very interesting activities here, which makes us think that they were practicing something for northern Finland, but unfortunately I cannot tell you more, as we are not the source of this information”. Pushed about the issue, the sources revealed that, during the Zapad 2017 exercise, “Russian army forces from other parts of the country were moved to Kola that do not belong there. This makes us think that they did not just play out the scenario on the map, but also in real life. The point of this operational direction is to defend against NATO air attacks. So we think that they planned to neutralize assets in the region as well”. In October, a Norwegian magazine reported, referring to six Norwegian defence establishment sources, that Russia had practiced bombing and invading Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago in the Barents Sea, during Zapad 2017. According to the report, two waves of Tu-95 and Tu-22m3 bombers rehearsed bombing runs on the strategic islands between Russia and the resource-rich Arctic Ocean. 50 vessels participated in the drill in the Barents Sea. This confirms with what BILD learnt from its two Western intelligence sources. From Russia’s strategic perspective, it would be necessary to carry out parallel attacks on Finish and Norwegian mainland targets. http://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/bild-international/zapad-2017-english-54233658.bild.html
18 posted on 12/23/2017 12:01:47 PM PST by Viiksitimali
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To: Seruzawa

The Soviet Army took a number of towns in Northern Norway from the Nazis during World War II. I am sure they are still capable of launching military operations in that area as they still maintain credible forces in the vicinity. They would attack Norway because it is part of NATO and to protect the ballistic submarine fleet stationed at Murmansk.


19 posted on 12/23/2017 1:12:59 PM PST by Eternal_Bear
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To: Viiksitimali

Get the flick out of NATO.


20 posted on 12/23/2017 3:12:02 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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