NATO is a MILITARY alliance that the was pushed to the doorstep of Russia when we should have taken the opportunity to be more inclusive (big lost opportunity, but the US and NATO just had to do it). Add in the CIA 'revolution' in Ukraine and what did we expect??? Yes, we got Putin for life.

Let's face it, the military industrial complex in the US craved the 'good old days' of cold war with the USSR. Massive military expenditures, much better than this cheap war on terror - no big aircraft carrier armada needed there, and look the Russians have a new super tank, the Abrams is just so yesterday - we need one thousand of something much more expensive......

Let's get our troops out of Latvia and play nice. Sorry, I do not vote for thermonuclear armageddon if the Russians invade Latvia - because then everyone is dead - so what was the point?