I thought this was interesting. Member countries of NATO agree that an attack on one member in Europe or North America will be treated as an attack on all. The Pew Research Center conducted polls in a number of member countries to measure public agreement with that commitment. When asked if their country should respond to conflict between Russia and a NATO country, only two nations (the U.S. and Canada) polled over 50% in the affirmative. Solid majorities in most said they thought the US would respond.

To me, this does not speak well that there is much of a European sense of solidarity. If I were, say, a Latvian, I think I would find this worrisome.

http://www.bloombergview.com/article...eat-than-putin