US Out of South Korea | Gene Healy | Cato Institute: Commentary

US Out of South Korea | Gene Healy | Cato Institute: Commentary: "'Americans are borrowing money to pay to defend the South so South Koreans can spend their money on other priorities.'

That's a common pattern in our Cold War-era alliances. U.S. membership in NATO, an alliance crafted to contain an enemy that collapsed 18 years ago, has helped keep European defense budgets low and subsidize lavish welfare states for NATO members."