10-11-2016, 05:10 AM
This is unlikely to hit the MSM - so thought I would point it out for people.
No doubt things like this go on all the time, and often only those in the nearby vicinity are aware of them. Also, this is not really news as such, just information, but interesting, imho.
Reminds me of when the Americans had nuclear bases at Greenham Common and other sites in UK - people were not happy about that and protested for many years.
I love how the language in this article is soooo boring that you forget it as soon as you have read it, also it says practically nothing, what does "this kind of thing" even mean??
It means "I have no idea what they will do, so I will just make random noises with my mouth".
This is so vague as to be meaningless.
Also "discussing the possibility" - double doubt there. They are just talking about it, and maybe it won't happen, they are not sure about it yet - then why get this far with the research on it? A specific number of troops stated (a maximum number is dictated by the physical size of the base of course) and "could soon be in place" - looks like the decision is already made.
Read between the lines, and all the answers are there.
ETA
"the plans to put US troops at the military base have been underway for some time. " Surely this implies that they are going to do it ? this article is so full of contradictory language. It is not discussions, but plans, hence that implies forward action, and implementation.
Either this is just badly written or the true meaning is hidden amid the meaningless words, which are meant to imply this "might" happen, so don't worry people.
BLT
No doubt things like this go on all the time, and often only those in the nearby vicinity are aware of them. Also, this is not really news as such, just information, but interesting, imho.
Reminds me of when the Americans had nuclear bases at Greenham Common and other sites in UK - people were not happy about that and protested for many years.
I love how the language in this article is soooo boring that you forget it as soon as you have read it, also it says practically nothing, what does "this kind of thing" even mean??
It means "I have no idea what they will do, so I will just make random noises with my mouth".
This is so vague as to be meaningless.
Also "discussing the possibility" - double doubt there. They are just talking about it, and maybe it won't happen, they are not sure about it yet - then why get this far with the research on it? A specific number of troops stated (a maximum number is dictated by the physical size of the base of course) and "could soon be in place" - looks like the decision is already made.
Read between the lines, and all the answers are there.
ETA
"the plans to put US troops at the military base have been underway for some time. " Surely this implies that they are going to do it ? this article is so full of contradictory language. It is not discussions, but plans, hence that implies forward action, and implementation.
Either this is just badly written or the true meaning is hidden amid the meaningless words, which are meant to imply this "might" happen, so don't worry people.
Quote:UPDATED: The Defence Ministry said on Monday that the US and Norwegian militaries are discussing the possibility of deploying US troops in Norway.
The ministry Oslo said that the deployment of US troops would be part of a rotating arrangement in Norway that would fulfil a "long-standing US wish."
"Assessments have taken place within the military to look at the options for additional training, storage and this kind of thing," a ministry spokesman, Ann Kristin Salbuvik, told AFP. "It may be something that is carried out on a rotational basis... (but) there is no question of permanent deployment."
Salbuvik stressed that ideas were still at an early stage and were being conducted by the two militaries and had not been broached at a political level.
Norwegian newspaper Adresseavisen reported on Monday that 300 combat US Marines could soon be in place at the Værnes military base near Trondheim, about 1,000 kilometres from the Russian-Norwegian frontier. Several defence sources told the newspaper that the plans to put US troops at the military base have been underway for some time.
“The work is underway but the initiative has not yet been debated politically in the Ministry of Defence, so we do not have any more detailed answers a (sic) this time. Any concrete proposals will naturally be handled by the government and parliament in the usual way,” Defence Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide told Adresseavisen in a written statement.
Norway and Russia share a 200-km border in the Arctic Circle and John Kristen Skorgen, a senior national security and defence researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, said that the Pentagon's plans are likely to be construed as a new base for US troops and will lead to strong reactions.
“This is happening in a situation in which relations between Russia and Nato are difficult. There is every reason to be careful,” he said.
BLT
