Lithuania Has to Be a Neutral Country, Like Ireland --- Lithuania is a small, militarily weak country.

“Harshness will only deter if the threat-maker is strongenough to act with confidence. Otherwise, his threats will cause more smilesthan anxiety, essentially creating the opposite effect than intended. One onlyhas to imagine how the US would react to a Pete Hegseth clone from Samoathreatening to sow death and destruction on US soil and praying for“extraordinary violence against those who deserve no mercy.”

 

Lithuania is a small, militarily weak country.

 

Lithuanian politicians know this, so they should act appropriately and speak with restraint, if necessary, overcoming the temptation to speak dramatically and draw attention to themselves.”

Ireland historically maintains low defense spending. Lithuania’s defense spending consistently meets or exceeds NATO's target of 2% of GDP. This adds up to Lithuania being the poorest country in the EU, since it takes longest time for Lithuanians to earn one euro, compared with any other country of the EU. Lithuania has no special skills, no huge amounts of fossil fuels. We used to be a transit country between the East and the West. Militaristic standing is killing this our economy. It is time for us to stop. America is asking us to let Belorussian fertilizers though Klaipėda. Let us think.