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

[Eric Charles]

Owen,
There is something oddly hilarious about it. What on earth do we think it
does to put 330 marines in Norway, and why is Russia even dignifying it
with comment, nevertheless "condemnation" or nuclear threats?

If I were Putin, or a Putin surrogate, and someone at a news conference
asked what I thought about the 330 Marines, I would just laugh for a few
minutes, then ask for the next question.

Here is a recent take by some military writers:
http://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/6-things-that-330-marines-can-do-on-their-own



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Eric P. Charles, Ph.D.
Supervisory Survey Statistician
U.S. Marine Corps
<echarles at american.edu>

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 12:15 PM, 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-
> russia-marines.html
>
> ​Poland recently​ received US military folks too:
>   https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/world/europe/as-
> trump-reaches-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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