Kwakufanele kube yindawo yokuma komgodi kuphela, kepha amasosha aseMelika angaba ngu-7,000 XNUMX abamba iqhaza emidlalweni eminingi ye-NATO abamba ukuqeda imigoqo nezindawo zokudlela, enhlokodolobha yase-Iceland iReykjavik, kubo bonke ubhiya wabo.

Amasosha ame e-Iceland ngempelasonto ngenkathi esendleleni ebheke eSweden naseFinland ukuyozivocavoca ngamandla e-NATO angama-300,000 50,000. Sekukonke, amanye amabutho abamba iqhaza angama-XNUMX XNUMX amasosha ase-US.

Kepha, ngokusobala bengakhathazekile ngokulinganisela ukuphuza kwabo utshwala ngaphambi nje kweTrident Juncture 18, okucatshangwa ukuthi kuyisivivinyo esikhulu seNATO selokhu kwaqala iMpi Yomshoshaphansi, amasosha afaka amabha amaningi edolobheni laseReykjavik esimweni esiphuthumayo njengoba ayehamba amantongomane kubhiya wawo.

Amasosha ase-US ayengenelisekanga nganoma yiluphi nje ubhiya futhi acela ngqo owasendaweni. Ngakho-ke, iBrewery Olgerð Egils Skallagrimssonar, eyenza i-Icelandic Gull ethandwayo, kudingeke ukuthi ithumele izimpahla eziphuthumayo kumabha ahlukahlukene, ngokusho kwengosi yezindaba yendawo iVisir.

Ukuzivocavoca kweNATO kuhloswe ngakho ukuthumela "umyalezo ocacile" kubahlali abasemazweni angamalungu ayo, kanye nasemazweni aphikisayo, ukuthi "ukulungele ukuvikela bonke ababambisene nabo kunoma yiluphi usongo," kusho unobhala-jikelele wayo uJens Stoltenberg etshela iRadio Free Europe NgoLwesithathu.

Ama-drill azofaka cishe imikhumbi yempi yasolwandle engama-65, izimoto eziyi-10,000 nezindiza ezingama-250.

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But, apparently unconcerned about moderating their intake of booze just before Trident Juncture 18, thought to be NATO's biggest military exercise since the Cold War, the troops plunged several bars in downtown Reykjavik into a state of emergency as they went nuts on their beer.
It was only supposed to be a pit stop, but some 7,000 US troops taking part in mass NATO drills nonetheless managed to deplete some bars and restaurants, in Iceland's capital Reykjavik, of all their beer.
The troops stopped in Iceland over the weekend while on their way to Sweden and Finland for a 300,000-strong NATO exercise.