Grandpa but you see, Canada will never join an anti-American alliance... why ? Because It doesn't feel threatened by America... why ? Because civilized countries usually get along well.
Russia's only allies are shitty dictatorships, often installed by Russians themselves. The whole idea of “it's our fault, we have been provoking them” is nonsense. NATO was expanded because the whole bunch of countries was begging to be allowed in. Why ? Because they felt threatened by Russia, which found their independent existence alone to be provocative. And they were proved right, at this point Estonia would have been very likely re-annexed Crimean style If they weren't a part of NATO.
What I am telling you is that the overwhelming majority of Americans do not give a rat's ass about all the new treaty members that NATO has added since the collapse of the Soviet Union -- not enough to send our sons and daughters to die for them. We made a sober, rational decision to defend our Western European partners against a possible Soviet invasion, but the American people have not signed on to this Central and Eastern European vendetta against Moscow. These new NATO members remind me of a chihuahua barking at a pit bull from the safety of an automobile; they expect America to sail to their rescue and finish their fight when the pit bull has had enough of their yapping.
President Washington warned us against getting involved in entangling foreign alliances for good reason, as they can easily lead to wars that were never intended to be fought. For two decades after the Soviet collapse, we Americans thought we would be invincible forever and that all potential enemies would tremble at our words. In the process, we wrote more checks – payable in American blood and treasure – than we could ever cover. Our many enemies around the globe are beginning to understand this, and we now face a run on the bank of American military might, financial strength and political will. If you were one of these little chihuahuas that trusted us to protect you from Russia, you were a fool. We are tired, we are broke, and we don't give a damn. Bow down to Brussels or Moscow and make your own peace.