Top general tells Marines to be prepared for a big fight

[steve2470]

Source: Washington Post

The Marine Corps commandant told about 300 Marines in Norway this week that they should be prepared for a “bigass fight” to come, remarks his spokesman later said were not in reference to any specific adversary but rather intended to inspire the troops.

“I hope I’m wrong, but there’s a war coming,” Gen. Robert Neller told the Marines on Thursday, according to Military.com. “You’re in a fight here, an informational fight, a political fight, by your presence.”

Neller was visiting a Marine rotational force near Trondheim, about 300 miles north of Oslo. The Marines have been stationed there since January. Their presence in Norway is intended to support operations by NATO and the U.S. European Command, as well as to help the Marine Corps facilitate training in cold weather and mountainous conditions.

But Neller and other Corp leaders told the force they should be prepared for a change in their peacetime mission, should the need arise. In particular, Neller predicted the Pacific and Russia to be the focus of any conflict in the future outside of the Middle East, Military.com reported.


Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/12/23/theres-a-war-coming-top-marine-corps-general-tells-u-s-troops

[Irish_Dem]

1. Pacific and Russia to be the focus of conflict?

I thought America was best friends with Russia now.

[Iliyah]

2. Dumb ass t-rump don't know?

t-rump and the un-patriot GOPers wet dream. War, conflicts, battles = to profits, fuck lives, but money honey.

Peace is for pussies. t-rump is anti-USA. As for his bestie friend, put put in, t-rump will tweet ugly(es) about Neller and the Marines.

[ancianita]

3. And why does the Post leave us with too little information. No "why" answer here makes this weird.

The Post could have at least reported that they asked what Pacific and Russia "bigass fight" scenarios exist, or what realities are out there to base his announcement on.

This is just enough to scare civilians but not inform them. Weird.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

11. I thought that, too...

... Obama started resupplying/reactivating forward staging facilities in Scandinavia. I have also read reports that a few years ago, Marines actually DID cross into Russian territory near Finland? I do recall that Putin was whining in the press about U.S. of A. violating Russian territory near that time.

Anyway, google is our friend:

[link:http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/18/politics/u-s-tanks-artillery-norwegian-caves/index.html|

[Dr_Pretorius]

4. Get ready to die for Emperor Heelspurs

Your sacrifice will be for nothing.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. It's very cold in North Korea, I believe.

My father fought in the Korean conflict and he spoke of how cold he always was while there.

[heaven05]

15. My father and I

were in Vietnam same time, we met up a couple of times in Saigon. He talked and laughed about the light years difference in weather between Korea and Vietnam. He was at Chosin Reservoir and we were both there for Tet 68. That your father survived that...I salute him.... And hell no I would not fight for any war the idiotboypotus starts......ever...I would leave this country behind.

I volunteered for the Army and Vietnam, just in case some superpatriot fro JPR-DI wants to judge me.

[Ferrets are Cool]

20. Salute for your service and your fathers...

My father would not talk about his time in Korea much. The thing about the cold was about all I ever heard from his voice. My mother told me at a latter date that he had been a POW. The things that I know about that part of it are horrendous.

[heaven05]

21. yep

never good, always inhumane....I salute his service.....

[dflprincess]

6. Sounds like a stupid thing for a general to say if something is about to happen.

"Loose lips sink ships".

[Crabby Appleton]

7. Marines are always ready for a big fight

that's what they do.

[icymist]

8. For those who can't get through WaPo's paywall:

http://gazette.com/article/1617794?TC_SC_REF

[steve2470]

9. original military.com story here

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/12/21/marine-leaders-highlight-norway-units-role-deterrent-russia.html

[burrowowl]

10. Strange!?

[Demtexan]

12. Trump voters go first.

What if nobody went.

Refused to go.

Put everyone in jail.

[Tiggeroshii]

13. Well that's irresponsible

[world wide wally]

14. America is hungry for war because we all want to lash out at... "something"!

Get ready for true ugly as America fights for something we don't believe in.

[ck4829]

17. Counter-recruitment, yo.

[Bengus81]

18. With a 35% approval rating what's left?

I started a counter on the exact minute ButterNut was Inaugurated to see just how long it would take before he had us in a War. Probably be hitting the stop button on it one day soon.

[malthaussen]

19. Refresh my memory...

... hasn't the current Commandant let a few other indiscretions fall from his lips in the recent past, or am I thinking of someone else?

-- Mal

[crowman2016]

22. But not the general, he'll be hiding in a bunker.

It's always the ones who aren't going to fight that are the most eager for war.

[workinclasszero]

23. The fruits of republicanism folks

War on the poor, sick and elderly. The dismantling and looting of America by the 1% robber barons and wall street.

Then a hot war with thousands of poor Americans caught up in the economic draft in this country.

The MIC just can't restrain their glee. A steady stream of body bags filled with the poor equals immense profits for those dirty bastards.

It never ends. It never changes.

[crowman2016]

24. "Do you know we are being led to Slaughters by placid admirals & that fat slow generals are...

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