[FRIAM] Cold War Jitters Resurface as U.S. Marines Arrive in Norway - The New York Times

[Gillian Densmore]

Huh does this meen redoing the 80s? that's kind of cool!
So that's legwarmer
Goofy fun music
Saturday Cartoons
Fucking Awsome science shows

Hmm that might be to bad I'm sure their's a snag someplace

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 11:11 AM, Gillian Densmore <gil.densmore at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hmmm so if the russians are coming....Can I have their beer?
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Robert Wall <wallrobert7 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, by provoking the Russians it seems Obama is trying to "salt the
>> earth" for the next administration.  A so-called Parthian shot
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthian_shot> at those that threaten to
>> throw his "legacy" under the bus.
>>
>> No, Owen, it makes no sense, but it will fuel the post-election narrative
>> to come (actually already here) that will certainly be filled with sour
>> grapes, anxiety, anger, and hatred. Payment in full for the eight years of
>> obstructionism?  Not sure, but it is insane.
>>
>> Or it could be Obama's handlers, the corporatocracy, trying to set the
>> stage for a (re)new bogeyman--Russia--to follow ISIS in order to sell arms
>> and Mafia-like protection.  There is big money in NATO.  Eisenhower warned
>> us about this--the Industrial-Military Complex.  Our economy is becoming
>> overly dependent on continuous war. If this is what it is, we should be
>> very glad that we didn't get Clinton's Kissinger-mentored militarism. This
>> is a full retreat to the Cold War Era of the '50s and 60s.  Should be good
>> for the bomb shelter industry ... again.  😕
>>
>> I can't help noticing the sockpuppet corporate media falling in line to
>> promote the new narrative: "The Russians are coming" ... and "Trump is
>> their Manchurian candidate."  I am not at all a fan of Trump's, but this is
>> all bat-shit crazy. I too am a bit spooked.
>>
>> -Robert
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Does this make any sense? Are Norwegians concerned about a Russian
>>> invasion? Sounds nuts.
>>> ​    ​
>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/world/europe/norway-us-ru
>>> ssia-marines.html
>>>
>>> ​Poland recently​ received US military folks too:
>>>   https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/world/europe/as-trump-r
>>> eaches-toward-putin-us-troops-arrive-in-poland.html
>>>
>>> It seems to be NATO sponsored but why US troops?
>>>
>>> I'm a bit spooked.
>>>
>>> ​   -- Owen​
>>>
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