Everyone wants to focus on productive things in peace and freedom, but the world is the way it is. Freedom is not an entitlement -- it must be constantly defended and preserved, sometimes at great cost. Lithuania's misfortune is to be proximate to Russia and thus, it needs to do what it needs to do to preserve its independence and its freedom.
We can (and should) sympathize with their dilemma and offer our help to the extent that we can, but the responsibility for a nation's freedom ultimately resides with itself. It does no good to whine about their situation. They need to build up a credible military counter-threat to the forces of evil that oppress them.
I agree. And building alliances and winning the propaganda war is also important. Too many sympathize with Putin because they seem to think that mindless wielding force is an admirable trait. There is such a thing as a Just War theory, which Putin’s aggressions do not meet. And finally, decent people are appalled when teenagers attack an old man or old women with sucker punches. To me, that type of savage violence is his moral equivalence.