Posted on 06/13/2018 6:35:16 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Norway will ask the United States to double the number of U.S. troops stationed in the country and deploy them nearer the border with Russia, the government said Tuesday.
The announcement came after nine nations along NATO's eastern flank called Friday for the alliance to bolster its presence in their region: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
Oslo said it wants to boost the troop numbers to 700 and station them further north at Setermoen, 420 kilometres (260 miles) from Russia.
The U.S. deployment agreement would also be extended from the current six-month renewable periods to five years.
"The defense of Norway depends on the support of our NATO allies, as is the case in most other NATO countries," said Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen in a statement.
"For this support to work in times of crises and war, we are totally dependent on joint training and exercises in times of peace," he added.
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Hell no. Time for you Euro weenies to pay for your own defense.
Yeah I agree, but what difference would 700 troops make then? Just don’t think Trump should defend the country that defamed him.
I know. Western Europe sure has the gall. To defame and insult Trump and his supporters, and then come cup in hand.
Pull some of that money out of your socialist programs and grow the size of your own military.
So much wisdom in that. People tend to forget Russian history. That history is defined by delusions of grandeur and empire. All they want is to be a “big power” and nothing else matters.
I remember the immortal words of Kissinger: “Russia is always expanding or contracting. It cannot exist in stasis.”
All those chicks will be wearing burkahs in 5 years.
The invasion isn’t coming from Russia, it comes from Muslims from the Middle East. And you have opened your borders to them.
Sweden has implemented conscription, let Norway follow.
I’d support moving all troops out of Western Europe and into Scandinavia and Easter Europe.
Exactly! Lets bring the US Marine program to Norway and we use your resources. Norwegian men should be quite proud to sign up.
Thousands of Norwegians sign up for the Green Card lottery every year so plenty of them would like to live in America.
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Re: KGB Putin longs for the days of the Soviet Union.
As do you.
90+% of your time on FR is spent defending Putin and Russian expansionism. Meanwhile, you pretend to be a Trump supporting patriot.
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