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America's Alliances Are Costly Relics
Cato defense scholar Justin Logan writes about the out-dated nature of U.S. alliances. While once serving to unite world powers in a common pursuit, the continued alliances now serve simply to funnel American tax dollars abroad. Nations across Europe and Asia claim a need for U.S. security forces, while those countries spend a meager 1 or 2 percent of GDP on defense budgets. Logan asserts, “In an era of record-breaking budget deficits and serious economic problems at home, the billions of dollars Uncle Sam pays each year to baby-sit Europe and East Asia ought to be coming in for scrutiny, not perpetual affirmation.”