title: little blue balls
text: russia puzzled by norways decision to host us marines page  link norway is to break a decadesold commitment not to host foreign troops on its soil by accommodating  us marines next year russia the apparent target of the buildup said it was puzzled by the move the marines will be stationed at the vaernes military base in central norway from january the norwegian defense ministry said in a statement on monday the agreement for the deployment will be reviewed in the course of the year it added source i was one of the few posters on this forum who expressed that norways decision to have marines deployed on its home soil was significant part of the reason i believe it is significant is russias reaction to the move our opinions mean nothing in this matter if russia considers the move to be significant then its significant i wonder if posters will be able to put aside their egos for this thread and not focus on their view of this issue but focus on russias view quoting from the article linked above the deployment appears to be in line with natos strategy to boost its military presence close to russias borders the alliance decided to send four strong battalions each to poland and the baltic states claiming it was needed to deter russia please put it all in context from russias point of view edit on  by profusion because no reason given