Tim Kaine actually said...

Estonia exemplifies what it means to be a committed member of NATO, consistently investing in its armed forces with over two percent of GDP.

I think you are right on sort of the human psychology. We tend to focus on the problems and that is natural.

I thought it would send a really powerful signal about congressional support for NATO.

I have never seen a bigger gulf between the United States and our European allies on our predictions about what was going to happen.