Salisbury Fox

Estonia are in effect only saying what our own Chief of the General Staff is saying with regards to preparing for war.

No one is threatening the Russian state, that’s just propaganda used as justification for their nonsense. The west has been carefully escalating its response and with each escalation it has shown that the nuclear threats are empty. Of course there is a need for a continuation of measured action but it would be monumentally naive to believe that Russia will behave without understanding that there would be very severe consequences if it doesn’t. The Muscovite mindset is well evidenced in Putin’s own essay after all. I’m sure that those closer to the borders of Russia, or with experience of Soviet occupation would not agree that preparing for war with a state that continues to remark of the need to extend their sphere of influence is just being redundantly jingoistic.

If you want peace, prepare for war. Like it or not the US is becoming a more unpredictable ally and so Europe needs to be able to demonstrate that they have the nerve for a fight. Estonia just recognises the threat more than most. Putin is quite capable of destabilising countries without invading anyway, look at his use of the little green men and his meddling with Moldova via Transnistria which is ongoing.