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Estonian President Sees Life in 'Brain-Dead' NATO

Reuters

   BRUSSELS - Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid defended NATO on Tuesday
   after French President Emmanuel Macron branded it "brain dead," saying
   Estonia felt safe in a military alliance that has been fortifying its
   eastern flank as a shield against Russia.

   "NATO is clearly functional," said Kaljulaid, whose Baltic state was
   for half a century a Soviet republic under Moscow's thumb until 1991.

   "Let's face it -- it (NATO) has a 100% success record. No NATO ally has
   ever been attacked. So we trust in NATO, yes," she told Reuters on a
   visit to Brussels.

   Macron said earlier this month that European countries could no longer
   rely on the United States to defend NATO allies and the alliance was
   experiencing "brain death."

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