toomuchtime_
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The problem is you don't ask honest questions. The Marines were not just training there but were supposed to be based there for some time, and Russia did not threaten to nuke Norway just for that but said the presence of US troops there made Norway a legitimate nuclear target in the event of a nuclear confrontation with the US.I do get it. Obama chose to ignore Russia's security concerns, but why did he do it? Did he want to increase tensions with Russia?So why would Obama send the Marines to Norway unless it was to suggest they were training for operations there? Why not Alaska?Russia's interest in Syria is keeping its bases on the Mediterranean and so far the only way it can do that is to support Assad, but this conflict is expensive for the suffering Russian economy and Russia is starting to take casualties, so if Russia had a chance to secure its interests with paying so much in blood and treasure, it is reasonable to think it would take it, but Obama has offered nothing but political slogans calculated to play well in the US but without relevance to ending the conflict in Syria.
Russia has every reason to distrust the US and especially the Obama administration and that means they have to wonder why Obama sent Marines to train in Norway. The same conditions could have been found in Alaska so why Norway? Was this intended as a provocation or was it just another example of Obama cluelessness?
People cross train military ALL the time in other countries. Threatening Norway over nuclear war over 330 Marines? That's a fucking joke. We aren't talking about a missile defense system or a nuclear missile silo.
Russia hasn't spent as much money in Syria as you think. Did you know that most of the bombs they have been dropping are the cheap old dummy bombs? That's why they have done so much civilian casualties.
Because they were cross training with Norway. Not sure why you don't get this. Other countries send their troops here to the U.S. to train all the time, but that doesn't mean that those countries plan on invading Mexico or Canada.
I'm going to ask you this one more time... how the fuck does 330 Marines be considered a security concern warranting a threat of a nuclear strike? This isn't the movies where 300 men can kill tens of thousands. This is real life. So, again, tell me how 330 Marines can be considered a security threat to warrant the threat of a nuclear strike.
and you do realize that Norway is three countries away from Russia?
Now... do you understand that countries cross train military ALL the time?
You haven't answered a single one of my questions.
Russia threatens to NUKE Norway for allowing US Marines to deploy in the country | Daily Mail Online