China Wants The U.S. Out Of Asia

A colour guard of U.S. and Chinese flags awaits the plane of China's President Hu Jintao at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland in this April 12, 2010 file photo. U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled a defense strategy on January 5, 2012 that would expand the U.S. military presence in Asia but shrink the overall size of the force as the Pentagon seeks to reduce spending by nearly half a trillion dollars after a decade of war. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Files

China Hell-Bent On Driving The U.S. Out Of Asia -- Bill Gertz, The Washington Times

Former State Department official Kurt Campbell recently explained why 20 years of Pentagon efforts to build trust with the Chinese military have been difficult: China wants to drive the U.S. military out of Asia, and operates under a different strategic culture from that of the United States.

Mr. Campbell, a longtime Asia policymaker at both State and the Pentagon, said the danger of a U.S.-China military confrontation was highlighted by the Dec. 5 near-collision between the guided-missile destroyer USS Cowpens and a Chinese warship in the South China Sea.

The former assistant secretary of state for East Asia said at a meeting at the Center for Strategic and International Studies that a local incident — not a planned military attack — is more likely to produce a future U.S.-China crisis.

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My Comment: Bill Gertz is right .... China wants the U.S. out of Asia. On the flip side .... most Asian countries do not want the U.S. to leave. My prediction .... the U.S. is not going to leave but their presence will be limited and in certain regions (like the South China Sea) the U.S. presence will probably be non-existent.