I agree with every single word of that Graham Fuller analysis
Contrary to optimistic declarations, NATO may in fact ultimately emerge weakened. Western Europeans will think long and hard about the wisdom and deep costs of provoking deeper long term confrontations with Russia or other “competitors”of the US.
Europe will sooner or later return to the purchase of inexpensive Russian energy. Russia lies on the doorstep and a natural economic relationship with Russia will possess overwhelming logic in the end.
Europe already perceives the US as a declining power with an erratic and hypocritical foreign policy “vision” premised upon the desperate need to preserve “American leadership” in the world. America’s willingness to go to war to this end is increasingly dangerous to others.
Those pull quotes jumped out at me too.
Our allies must hesitate to follow our lead, we seem to be in an insane path, up to and including risking nuclear war to maintain American hegemony.
I wonder what the Lithuanian leaders were paid to get them to pull the pin on the grenade they are holding to their chest? Must have been a lot.
“NATO may in fact ultimately emerge weakened”
It wouldn’t surprise me if NATO came out broken. Not even up to paper tiger status.