It was really up to the people of Estonia if they wanted to receive the NATO flag. Being a former "Soviet satellite" should have nothing to do with it, at least morally.
And your description that Estonia was "aggressively recruited" is hyperbole.
WTF?
You don't think the original members of NATO got a vote on that?
Of course all the European members thought it was a GREAT idea. What I want to know is where the hell was the US Senate when the treaty modification came up for a vote? Surely it had to be ratified by the US Senate.
I contend it was a major strategic blunder to expand NATO. There is no US interest served by doing so.
But I also contend we MUST honor that sh!tty treaty at all costs lest the entire world sink into chaotic destruction.