I-Marine Corps isebenzisa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-7 emishini yasebusika-inani lamasethi amasha angu-2,648 ama-skis amasha, amabhuzu kanye nokubopha abadubuli be-scout, Amasosha Asolwandle kanye Namasosha Asolwandle, I-Military Times ibike ngoLwesihlanu. Lesi senzo kubikwa ukuthi kungenxa yokuthi ama-skis amadala ayephuka. Amasosha asolwandle amiswe namasosha ajikelezayo eNorway, athunyelwe ezweni emuva kukaJanuwari, azoba ngabokuqala ukwamukela ama-skis amasha.

Njengamanje kunamasosha asolwandle acishe abe ngu-300 ezweni laseScandinavia—iqiniso elikhona wacasuka waseRussia, ehlanganyela umngcele neNorway. Lapho kumenyezelwa izinhlelo zokuthumela Amasosha Asolwandle eNorway ngonyaka odlule ngo-Okthoba, iRussia yasichitha ngokushesha lesi sinqumo. Ngaleso sikhathi, inxusa laseRussia e-Oslo utshele iReuters, "Uma sicabangela izitatimende eziningi zezikhulu zaseNorway mayelana nokungabikho kosongo olusuka eRussia luya eNorway singathanda ukuqonda ukuthi yiziphi izinjongo iNorway ... izimisele ukwandisa amandla ayo ezempi, ikakhulukazi ngokumisa amabutho aseMelika eVaernes?"

Njengoba iRussia isiya iba nolaka kulo lonke elaseYurophu, ihileleka ezingxabanweni kusukela eGeorgia kuya e-Ukraine (futhi ithatha iCrimea), amasosha ase-US afune ukwenza abesimanje amabutho awo esifundeni. I-US iphinde yahlukana neRussia mayelana nezindima zayo eziqhudelanayo ezingxabanweni zaseSyria.

NgoKhisimusi, uRobert Neller, inkanyezi ezine okwamanje osebenza njengomphathi wama-37 we-Marine Corps, wavakashela ama-US Marines amiswe eNorway futhi wabatshela ukuthi kufanele balungiselele "ukulwa okukhulu.” “Ngiyethemba ukuthi nginephutha, kodwa kunempi ezayo. Nisempini lapha, impi yolwazi, impi yepolitiki, ngokuba khona kwenu,” kusho uNeller.

Ngaphandle kweRussia, i-US nayo ukungqubuzana neNorth Korea ngohlelo lwayo lwenuzi. Umbuso okhohlakele wenze inqwaba yezivivinyo zemicibisholo yebanga elide ngo-2017, okwadala ukulahlwa komphakathi wamazwe omhlaba, unswinyo olunzima lwezomnotho kanye Ingxabano phakathi kukaMongameli uDonald Trump kanye nomholi waseNyakatho Korea uKim Jong Un. Akukho kulokhu okuyekise i-US ukuthi iqhubeke nokuzivocavoca kwezempi eNhlonhlweni YaseKorea.

Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, kusukela ngoDisemba 4 kuya kuDisemba 22, amasosha ase-US naseNingizimu Korea abambe iqhaza ukuzivocavoca kwempi yasebusika ePyeongchang-idolobha laseNingizimu Korea lizosingatha ama-Olimpiki Wasebusika ezayo. Ukuzivivinya kwakuhilela ukulwa okulingiswayo emithambekeni yokushushuluza.

U-Seoul usanda kubuza i-US ukuthi ingacabanga yini ukuhlehlisa izivivinyo ezihlanganyelwe zamasosha zangonyaka ozayo, ezivame ukuba ngoMashi kodwa ezingakahlelwa, kuze kube ngemva kwama-Winter Olympics, ngomzamo wokugwema ukucasula iNorth Korea njengoba iNingizimu ibamba amazwe avela emhlabeni jikelele. Uhulumeni wase-US uyasibuyekeza lesi siphakamiso, The Washington Post imibiko.