NATO s largest Arctic exercise since the 1980s has begun today after sending 30,000 troops from 28 countries in Europe and North America to Russian-neighbour Norway.
NATO has sent tens of thousands of troops, including Royal Marines, an aircraft carrier (pictured), and a nuclear-powered attack submarine to Norway, which borders Russia.
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Rebecca Meluch, Opinions Editor|January 18, 2021
Thumbs up to President Trump for giving me and thousands of other Americans a reason to revisit George Orwell’s novel, “1984.” And for that, Orwell is probably rolling in his grave with all of the misuse.
Inspired by the attack from Jan. 6 and Trump’s social media blackout, many Twitter users and political figures such as Donald Trump Jr. and Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley are describing these latest events as “Orwellian” and pulling references from “1984” to fit their right-wing narratives.
“We are living Orwell’s 1984,” Trump Jr. tweeted. “Free speech no longer exists in America. It died with big tech and what’s left is only there for a chosen few.”