Did You Know Obama Sent Troops To Norway & Poland?

[KittyWampus]

I didn't until watching Rachel M's show tonight:

Some 300 U.S. Marines landed in Norway on Monday for a six-month deployment, the first time since World War Two that foreign troops have been allowed to be stationed there, in a deployment which has irked Norway's Arctic neighbor Russia.

Officials played down any link between the operation and NATO concerns over Russia, but the deployment coincides with the U.S. sending several thousand troops to Poland to beef up its Eastern European allies worried about Moscow's assertiveness.

[dalton99a]

1. Trump will call them back to "save money"

[Doreen]

2. I bet the dictator will bring them right back after he

gets sworn in.

[pangaia]

3. Yes, I knew. Friends in Tromso knew about it before it hit the US news outlets DUH !!

Norway has also moved Norwegian military to the far northern Russian border.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-send-deploy-hundreds-troops-russian-border-region-finnmark-cold-war-uk-us-surveillance-pact-a7531306.html

[Pachamama]

4. There was also a large delivery of armored vehicles & military equipment about 2 weeks ago to NATO

...that was delivered into Germany's port of Bremerhaven. Will try to find the link, read about it here on DU and another source in Europe.

[SunSeeker]

5. This was a defensive exercise set when the allies met in Warsaw after Putin took Crimea.

It was going to happen regardless of Putin's current outrages. However, it appears that Obama sped up the timeline for the excercise so that the equipment got into the baltic states before he left office, understandably not trusting Trump to do it. Most of the tanks were desert camo. General Ray explained they did not have time to paint them green camo for the European continent.

Our NATO allies desperatly wanted this exercise so that we could train for any potential defense against a further Putin land grab. They know we need to be prepared for immediate action, so there is not a repeat of how it was when Putin rushed into Crimea so fast that we could do little more than watch.

[ancianita]

6. Saw it on a social media post earlier today.

Two Norwegians (I checked their ID's) posted that US troops have been around, most of the country's glad to see them, no worries, because we're NATO. It's all good.

They said they don't care what Russia thinks.

[Hekate]

7. Well played, President Obama.

[JustAnotherGen]

16. Yep - and

The world is watching Donald.

[Thekaspervote]

8. The polish people welcomed the troops !!

[Crabby Appleton]

9. Yes, read about both here at DU

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141601835

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141663357

[nikto]

10. maybe time to think about bringing back the draft

Threats abound.

[Hekate]

13. Drafting American sons and daughters is one sure way to get The People's attention right quick....

I'm truly sorry, but I concluded that during the BushCheney admin. As long as it's someone else's relative, and as long as there is such a low percentage of Americans serving, foreign excursions are just too easy to ignore -- especially by young people. My generation's outrage helped bring the Vietnam war to an end, because so many were dying and everyone was at risk from the draft. Well, nearly everyone -- must remember TANG.

[nikto]

18. Sad but true

[world wide wally]

11. Norway went back to a cold war posture on positioning their troops a couple of weeks ago.

Russia has become a threat again for some unknown reason

[Solly Mack]

12. I knew about the troops to Poland.

It was known since the summer of last year that they would go this year.

Recently read about the Marines.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

14. Yes. It was even mentioned by right-wing media as "dangerous" because...

it was supposedly insulting to Russia, whereas Trump will supposedly make better decisions since he'll be "friendly" to them.

[JustAnotherGen]

15. Yes

But we watch international news and receive an international paper.

[get the red out]

17. Yes

Heard about that when it happened. They won't be there for long.

[nikto]

19. I just wish there was some way ...

We could get Russia to close-down some of their bases surrounding America.

[TheBlackAdder]

20. Putin is eyeing the reclamation of all former Soviet states, in addition oil/shipping in Norway.

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Even with Poland, invasion of Norway is deemed an acceptable loss to NATO, preventing a regional war.

This is the same as Taiwan, where it is ill-advised to enter into a war to prevent China from seizing it.
The provoking of China is there to act as a diversion, while the challenge to the island might bring into question the legitimacy and power of the Chinese government--causing them to act out and start a bloody campaign to retake the island by force. Since all citizens of Taiwan are conscripted, it won't end well.

In Norway, he pretty much is doing a China, where Putin wants to secure the land near oil and shipping lanes.


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