The U.S. Cannot Pay For Our Asian Allies Defense

US and Japanese warships follow US aircraft carrier USS George Washington during the 'Keen Sword', a US-Japan military exercise at the Pacific Ocean on December 10, 2010. Military Photos

Asia's Free-Riders -- Justin Logan, Foreign Policy

The U.S. turn to the East makes sense. But tacitly telling its allies in Asia that it's going to foot the bill for their security is foolish and unsustainable.

It's on the record. President Barack Obama's administration wants to pivot U.S. foreign policy away from the Middle East and toward East Asia. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's recent Foreign Policy article exemplified this thinking. "The future of the United States is intimately intertwined with the future of the Asia-Pacific," Clinton wrote, touting Washington's "irreplaceable role in the Pacific."

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My Comment: we should forget about paying for their defense .... we have enough trouble paying for our own.