''The expansion of the US military into Asia-Pacific is not just about power, but also about profit''

From Aljazeera
By Jon Letman

"As Noam Chomsky wrote in this two-part essay, America's "pivot" toward the Asia-Pacific region is in response to what it calls "classic security dilemmas" posed by the rising influence of China and Russia. Reacting with military programmes and strategies it says are "defensive", this US "pivot" is perceived as bullying, threats and intrusion - in other words more of the same - by those most impacted by America's foreign military presence.

The "classic security dilemma makes sense", Chomsky argues, if one operates under the assumption that the US has "the right to control most of the world, and that US security requires something approaching absolute global control."

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