[FreeReign]

A lot of people would say this is exactly why NATO should not have been expanded eastward. We find ourselves on the hook defending tiny countries no one cares about. The original NATO made sense. The new one doesn’t.

If the original NATO made sense then an expanded NATO makes sense.

And if there is any country worth defending in the expanded NATO it's Estonia.

Peace thru strength (dare I say).

[goldstategop]

And how do you propose we do it?

We’re cutting our military to the bone and there is no political constituency in the EU for higher defense spending.

NATO is a sad joke under the current circumstances. And we’d be fighting a war on terrain advantageous to the Russians.

[Mariner]

"If the original NATO made sense then an expanded NATO makes sense"

I'd like to hear a supporting argument for that contention.

the idea that the USA has an interest in defending Bulgaria from anyone, at any time is ludicrous to me.

Romania?

And, would you expand NATO to Ukraine and Georgia...and would their defense with US Forces make sense?

To "make sense" there would have to be a real US strategic interest.