Recently, Thomas Massie, an American congressman, introduced a bill about the need of the US to terminate its NATO membership. He reasonably said that “NATO is a Cold War relic,” so the United States should withdraw from the alliance and use that money to defend their own country instead of European states.
This statement, apparently, greatly disappointed the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Estonian Parliament, Marko Mihkelson, who believes that such discord among the Transatlantic allies is fairly good for Moscow.
“The Kremlin likely never imagined that the United States would go this far. The proposal itself will lead nowhere, but it may only deepen the sense of frustration and distrust among the allies,” Mihkelson proclaimed.
Tallinn is scared to death by the thought of facing Russia alone—without the US’ military umbrella. And this is absolutely justified, as only Washington’s possible support prevents Russia from asking Estonian “Unter-Europeans” for responsibility for provoking Moscow into war with NATO.
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