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US doubles number of marines stationed in Norway
TheLocal.no ^
| 15 August 2018 22:35 CEST+02:00
| NTB/The Local
Posted on 08/16/2018 12:29:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The United States has confirmed plans to more double the number of troops based in Norway, a move Russia has already criticized as “clearly unfriendly”.
The Norwegian Defense Ministry on Wednesday said that the US had recently informed them that they would push forward with a plan to increase the number of US marines stationed in Norway from 300 to “up to 700”. […]
When the plans were first floated in June, Russia’s embassy to Norway complained that they contravened assurances Norway gave the Soviet Union when it joined NATO in 1949 that no foreign combat troops would be stationed on its soil.
The stationing of US troops “contravenes the Norwegian decision from 1949,” the embassy said. …
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: eea; europeanunion; eussr; marines; nato; norway; putinsbuttboys; sovietunion
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posted on
08/16/2018 12:29:30 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Taking in the local sights, I'm sure.
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posted on
08/16/2018 12:31:02 PM PDT
by
NohSpinZone
(First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
To: NohSpinZone
Between that picture and the fact that the heat index here is about 100 I’d volunteer if I weren’t an old retired Navy guy.
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posted on
08/16/2018 12:34:18 PM PDT
by
suthener
(Et)
To: Olog-hai
Is this a symbolic power gesture towards Putin? What else would be the reason? A cover for Putin helping Trump to win the election? Har!
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posted on
08/16/2018 12:36:47 PM PDT
by
A Navy Vet
(I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
To: A Navy Vet
its a nice post in August
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posted on
08/16/2018 12:37:50 PM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: NohSpinZone
Now I’m pining for the fjords.
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posted on
08/16/2018 12:41:15 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: A Navy Vet
Somebody has to protect the lefse and lutefisk. UffDa.
To: NohSpinZone
Teusern Tak!
Beautiful country, a bit less hospitable above the line, but a jarhead can make do.
Slarty Blartfast (sp?) did the fiddly bits ... the fjords...
KYPD
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posted on
08/16/2018 12:43:33 PM PDT
by
petro45acp
(So why wasn't anyone there willing, able, and equipped to protect those people?)
To: Olog-hai
Dude, that was back when Crimea was going back to Ukraine. Not stationing troops on Norway’s is so, “Ike-ey.”
To: Olog-hai
Hey,Europe...it’s “Marines”,not “marines”.
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posted on
08/16/2018 12:50:08 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
To: Vermont Lt
I’d volunteer if I WAS AN OLD RETIRED NAVY GUY!
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posted on
08/16/2018 12:50:31 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: MrEdd
Beautiful plumage!
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posted on
08/16/2018 12:51:00 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
To: NohSpinZone
Norway babe to Marine: “You really do like lutefisk, don’t you?”
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posted on
08/16/2018 12:52:09 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
To: petro45acp
'e was pinin' for the fjords!
The world makes a lot more sense once you realize what the meaning of life, the universe, and everything is.
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posted on
08/16/2018 12:52:34 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
To: Olog-hai
damned Bolton and Matthias...
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posted on
08/16/2018 12:52:48 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
To: Gay State Conservative
They don’t understand English.
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posted on
08/16/2018 12:58:29 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
To: Olog-hai
“US doubles number of marines stationed in Norway”
Won’t they sink it?
To: Olog-hai
No wonder the Russians are upset- that’s enough Marines to invade Russia!
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posted on
08/16/2018 12:58:57 PM PDT
by
Spok
To: Olog-hai
I spent a year in Norway. Other than the girls, why are they punishing the Marines?
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posted on
08/16/2018 1:05:57 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
(Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: treetopsandroofs
We’ll have to consult Hank Johnson.
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posted on
08/16/2018 1:06:50 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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