Analysis of a “New China” and the United States role in the World:-9

Now if we want to keep some forces in Germany, that’s fine, but it should be the barest minimum. Now we turn our attention to Japan, the second biggest economy in the world, where we still have bases. The question is why. Don’t we not trust them to defend their own country? If they are so advanced they can build use their technology to defend themselves. If the question comes to the Korean Peninsula, we have enough forces there to defend the South Korea from North Korean invasion. And besides South Korea has a big army and then we have our forces, which we should keep there in view of the unpredictable nature of the North Koreans. But Japan I will definitely not want to keep forces there since we need to defend them anymore.

Now the point comes out if we don’t have forces there how will be able to defend Taiwan if China decides to come calling. Well China is not that naïve that they will invade Taiwan right away or anytime soon. We have still ample naval forces there to defend Taiwan and besides Taiwan has its own army to defend the island. And by the way China would not want to jeopardize all its economic being with a disastrous war with the United States. So let’s be realistic about our defense forces in the Far East and start realigning it with our new financial reality and Political conditions in the Far East.