It is. It’s very nervous. For them, it’s a real fear. But these former Soviet colonies are disdained for wanting to be free and independent. The benighted Putinsita goober brigade on FReeRepublic think that all issues are about Obama and their beloved Putin.
Yes, bad medicine ...
Doing this on the anniversary of Nato’s intervention in Serbia, a former Russian client, is a double slap in the face to Russia, and won’t change the situation on the ground at all.
I see it as an unnecessary escalation, while doing the REAL things that would cost Russia in the long-term, like developing the US’s own energy resources, are too politically-incorrect to even consider for these people.
When I see the Belgians, or the Dutch moving troops into Estonia or Lithuania, I might start considering NATO (meaning Obama) to be serious. Until then, this is just posturing, and useless escalation.