Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
"Russia's attempt at expanding it's influence to within 80 miles of Florida,"
And NATO stretched to within 67 miles of St Petersburg..................
When countries join the EU they are entitled to become members of NATO.
Estonia is the closest NATO member to St Petersburg.
Estonia has a population of just 1.3 million.
The City of St Petersburg has a population of 5.2 million.
Does St Petersburg feel threatened by Estonia?
Of course not.
Has NATO any interest at all in repeating the errors of Napoleon and Hitler and invading Russia?
Of course not.
Russia is just peeved because it cannot do to the Baltic States what it recently did to the Ukraine, without a response from NATO.
That does not mean it is not playing mind games in the Baltic States. But with NATO providing defensive air cover, no-one living there is intimidated.