For the entirety of the Cold War there were no US Troops in Norway.
Norway spend 1/3 - 1/4 percent of GDP on their own defense, instead of the 2% requirement in NATO.
The US has no interests in Norway.
Putin needs to stop behaving like Kim Jong Un and rehearsing long-range missile and WWIII inducing nuclear bomb attacks on Scandinavian and Baltic countries’ borders. It’s noisy and a bore and the Norwegians, Swedes, Estonians, et al. are understandably annoyed.
Russia.....Norway.....The United States.....
What do they all have in common?
Polar bears.
Think about that for a minute.
I’m confused. If Trump is sending Marines to Norway wouldn’t that have to be because his boss, Pooty Poot, told him to?
Russia needs more lessons.
And Russia is going to do what, exactly?
I’m not excited about the idea of more troop deployments, however Russia ain’t gonna do a damned thing and they aren’t impressing anyone.
Did Nikki Haley propose this? Let’s see the evidence that Russia was threatening Norway before we sent those troops. Otherwise, this can only be a part of the Russia-Russia-Russia diversion.
Norge should send their bikini teams to the US for training.
Norway should ask the USMC to skip the Russian border and to instead clean out the immigrant-gang-ruled parts of Oslo.
So Norway proposes to use our marines as cannon fodder/trip wire. Whats wtong with their own sons and daughters?
We had Marines going to Norway in the early 80s for cold weather training.
I don’t know when that started or how long it lasted but I know it happened back then.
And really. 700 Marines as a threat? That’s enough to set up and man a training base that regiment sized units could be rotated through for arctic training and area familiarization.
And yes. The USMC has an interest in that area. In the event of the Big Stupid, the USMC is slated to bulk up the nordic countries to prevent closure of the Baltic and North Sea lanes of comms.
Even if that’s no longer a thing, and I tend to be in that batch that believes the Big Stupid is about as probable as a black hole suddenly appearing and swallowing the planet, still...
700 Marines is no threat to anyone except the local beers and possibly the virtue of any willing ladies in that AO.
Don’t forget the American fashion. Norwegian chicks love American fashion.
Norway want the US protection due to perceived Russia threat yet invites more refugees. Stupid.
“That’s why 9 out of 10 small countries choose...American Defense”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEy5vIWCJLQ
Russian aide: “Sir, Norway has doubled it’s forces.”
Russian general: “No big deal.”
Russian aide: “Sir, Norway has added 300 US Marines there.”
Russian general: “Call the Kremlin! Get reinforcements here ASAP! And bring me my brown pants...”
Ah, hell, Vlad. Maybe Norway just invited them over for a friendly little game of laser-tag!
This makes Norway less predictable and could cause growing tensions, triggering an arms race and destabilizing the situation in northern Europe,”
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1-Russia is full of *&*&!
2=Russia’s economy is the size of Italy.
300 Marines?
Marines were training for Winter ops - seems like Russia is getting a bit testy since the story is about Norway intending to ask us to send some “trainer” troops and nothing has been decided one way or the other....IMHO, if any Nation opts to go the bellicose route and make threats for the mere potential of a relatively insignificant action, we should shove it back down their throats.