[Ronin4hire]

Regardless of who he is.

I think he made a good point.

Most of the discussion surrounding the bases in Korea and Japan in this forum have been centred around the needs and wishes of Japan and Korea.

What's in it for the US?

I think we've assumed that the US gets a military and political sphere of influence over the pacific and Asia out of it. But as the article mentions... it's a very "cold war" strategy. Perhaps he's right in that such a strategy is no longer fruitful.