See my edited post. I realized that my anger at some brainwashed kid was misplaced.

We have no interests there any more, since if you believe our propaganda, we're a net oil exporter. Even if you look at import stats, only 16% of our imported oil comes from the Middle East. We could tighten our belts and reduce this # to zero inside of a year if we had the b@lls. This is a case of the military-industrial complex feeding off itself, corrupting government to support more wars, more troops abroad, more intervention, more "force projection." Basically, a giant corporate welfare program, where everyone other than the companies loses long-term.

Let other countries that are net importers take care of the problem. As far as Israel, grant all Israelis American visas if they desire, but don't spend a red cent on their defense. Nor the Saudi gangsters for that matter.