NATO expands into irrelevance

[Diane Monaco]

At 12:01 PM 5/17/2002 +0400, Chris wrote:
>Who needs a new and expanded NATO? ...the industrial-military complex?  Who
>are our enemies?
>Expanding NATO will add many more billions to our nearly $300 billion
>dollar military budget per year -- not to mention the additional $29.4
>billion that was just approved for military and antiterrorism spending.
>
>NATO is a relic.
>
>Diane
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>Well, the Baltic states are worried about Russia.

Chris, what are some of the major issues between them?  I know there are 
many trade and transport disputes between Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and 
Russia.  Also, there are language requirements that are being used as 
protectionist tools of sorts.  And then there is the whole trafficking/sex 
tourism problem between East and West involving children.  But none of 
these issues seem to be a NATO style security concern.  Are there security 
issues between them?

Diane