Norway wants more US Marines and to station them closer to Russia, and Moscow is vowing to retaliate

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Norway plans to ask the US to increase the number of Marines stationed in the country and to base them closer to Norway's border with Russia, which would continue a deployment that has irked Russia.

Moscow has vowed there would be consequences for the move.

Marines have been posted in Norway on a rotational basis since the beginning of 2017, carrying out cold-weather training and exercises with Norwegian and partner forces. The roughly 330 Marines there now are scheduled to leave at the end of the year.

http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-vows-retaliation-for-us-marines-stationed-near-border-in-norway-2018-6

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If Norway hadn't gone Socialist they could afford their own military and wouldn't Need ours. Thank you, jackass, post WWII Marshal plan.

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If Norway hadn't gone Socialist they could afford their own military and wouldn't Need ours. Thank you, jackass, post WWII Marshal plan.

They aren't socialist. Stop the Bernie Sanders rhetoric.  Their economy is great, with  GDP per capita that's 6th in the world.

It's the US who wants more Marines there. The story is saying that while the opposition doesn't want them, the ruling party is welcoming them.