[alyster]

Well we get out thanks in other ways. US has helped us alot in return. In april, when riots took place in Tallinn and Moscow attacked our embassy and cyber networks, then US' senat and president's administration supported us publicly. Our president managed to host G.W.Bush with G. Rice in Estonia in 2006 and went to visit US this year for 2 days and met with Bush for 2h(1h+lunch) and DM and senat leaders. Very important meetings for us for making ourselves heard and getting US's support for the new cyber defence center planned to build to Estonia. Another similar country is Germany. We haven't had so high level state visits but relations are good and German help was also big in april, specially in the embassy case. So by helping Afgans, we do get our share in return I'd say. We get to be equal allies in NATO who helps and are helped.

I don't want to be a US's toy, but US is currently the only friendly power in the world that can help us if needed. And history has shown we do need to think of security. Even the post cold war era is hard.

But yes, for countries who aren't in a situation like we are in, then it can be pretty hard to understand why they are doing it, because seems like no one cares.