Nuclear Defence Advantages And Disadvantages

Even from an international standpoint, either decision of retreating our troops or allowing other countries, allies or not to become NWS is disadvantageous. To begin with, the US has Collective Defence arrangements with many countries from all over the world. We have the NATO, the RIO Treaty, Southeast Asia Treaty and many Bilateral Treaties, like what we have with ROK and Japan . As with the 2 countries concerned, our Mutual Defence Treaty with ROK was ratified on November 17, 1954, after the ramifications of the Korean War while our Defence Treaty with Japan was on January 19, 1960 . Both are mutually beneficial because while we support them with military force, our treaties allow us to legally establish US military bases within their territory and legitimizes US forces’ navigation of surrounding waters under these countries’ jurisdiction which is indispensable to project our military prowess and hopefully deter hostile countries from showing theirs. Our presence in the East Asia ensures stability and perpetuates the status quo. US military bases acts as the mediator for ROK and Japan to work together and not ally themselves with China or Russia.

If the US acts on its decision to withdraw from our signed treaty, other allies may be doubtful and not trust previous agreements we’ve signed and we will sign from today onward. Our words will lose its binding powers and would never be taken seriously. Backing out of an agreement without any provocation is injurious to our