I tried the link to the article, but it is gone. However, I would like to comment on the title of your thread "Whole World Pays If U.S. Doesn't Lead".
Tsunami in Indonesia, Earthquake in Haiti, Famine in Africa...what country consistently leads the way by coming to the rescue. Not just the US government, but US private citizens take time from their work and families and communities to use their own time and money to help rescue and repair these foreign parts of the world. Floods in New Orleans, tornadoes in the Heartland of the US...who has come to our rescue consistently both officially and privately? and yet, we are portrayed as the evil capitalist empire attempting to push ourselves on poor unsuspecting countries. Draw your own conclusions.