According to an article on military.com, that was posted in 2021, it cost American Taxpayers, $34 billion to maintain a military presence in both Japan and Korea between 2016 and 2019. They were quoting a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Do you know what we can do with that money? It could go back into our military to make it better, help it grow. We need to make ourselves stronger. We're weak on the world stage. Furthermore, we need to seek peace through strength. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/03/23/heres-what-it-costs-keep-us-troops-japan-and-south-korea.html https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-21-270