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Free riding is similar to what many know as a free loader. The kind of entity that secures themselves by riding on the coattails of someones funds or generous contributions to an effort. According to Kang (2004), free riding is the United States having allies with a similar goals, but the allies do not contribute resources in any manner (p. 9). On the contrary, free riding allows the United States to set rules in our areas of interests normally controlled by allies. Pay riding is similar to someone who constantly receives a ride to work with a colleague and only pays for fuel. While this looks good on the surface, the real cost is ultimately on the car owner. According to Kang (2004), pay riding is quid pro quo set up between the United States and allies with the same security interests. (p. 9). A similar arrangement is in South Korea providing Korean soldiers to the United States military. The unilateral solution may turn into multilateral scenario overtime when the United States builds a framework requiring allies to continue the momentum started. According to Kang (2004), the United States strongly persuading countries to improve their own gaps in security and terrorists exploiting …show more content…

Bigger than that, the amount of money spent to support over a decade of war in the Middle East is astonishing. According to Belasco (2014), nearly 1.6 trillion dollars was spent to support the war in the Middle East (p. 2). According to Berry (2012), “Despite the border security buildups and $100 billion spent along the southwestern border, no terrorists or terrorist weapons have been seized” (para. 10). While this does appear disconcerting, the Department of Homeland Security has made great strides on the border security advancements. However, with all the security advancements, corruption in the ranks is the real battle we all need to focus

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