As much as I like to see chiahead b**ch-slapped, our allies need to pull their weight. If we are going to make BP pay for the oil spill, why not have Seoul pay for our carrier deployment. They have the cash. We have to borrow it from the Chinese who are complicit in us having to send a carrier group in the first place.
It’s never been a minus deal - Irak paid by not beeing unstable anymore - this lowered the Oil Price.
By beeing a military superpower you keep a good credit rating even though you are completely broke.
Ok Vietnam didn’t pay of... Afghanistan pays of by not breeding to many little Terrorists that de-stabilze Pakistan and with that India - that’s good for coca cola, american express, exxon etc. etc.