Right now, some 40 years after the Korean War armistice, 37,000 American troops are stationed in the Republic of Korea. Though the American presence is supposed to ward off attack from the North, Doug Bandow, a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute argues that South Korea, with its high-growth gross national product, an estimated 18 times larger than North Korea, can handle any altercation on its own. It's clear that the U.S has worn thin its welcome in Asia. And troop withdrawal would not only save American taxpayers some $40 billion annually, says Bandow, it would set the wheels in motion towards abandoning "globalist foreign policy" completely. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Mr. Bandow may trip over his own wire on the here and now of Korea, but he makes a great many other points worthy of attention. -- New York Times, Frank Gibney --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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