Balance or not balance

Comments on Ernest Bower “A durable, serious and balanced US strategy for ASEAN”, 16/03/2010, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/03/16/a-durable-serious-and-balanced-us-strategy-for-asean/

While it is understandable why the author has argued what in this article, the author may be assisted if considering why the US has taken that approach.

Is it that the US has got the priority wrong?

Or it has been based on cost benefit analysis?

It may be the case that you need to foregone something to maximise your objective.

Everyone will ask for attention, but the matter of fact is that not everyone will get the same attention.