When the only smart move is to use US weapons to vaporize US weapons and those we gave them to, we've sunk really low.
A really, really smart move would be to unfriend Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Maybe send an "I'm sorry" note to Assad?
We're allies, not friends. There's a difference. Without Uncle Sam as referee, the region fights several wars and becomes a single oil-producing empire, instead of a dozen. Which doubles or triples oil prices. Which is why we're allies - to keep our economy from tanking under the onslaught of higher oil prices.
We're not Ukraine's friend either. We're pressuring the Russians to leave because at 2.5x the next largest country, Russian territorial expansion helps it acquire resources that makes it much stronger, perhaps strong enough to conquer the West. As a capitalist country, Russia is in a position to rival pre-war Germany, economically-speaking, in a way the former Soviet Union found impossible. As a society that has never given up its imperial ambitions, to the point of retaining many Soviet symbols and institutions, Russia will once again seek its day in the sun via military conquest. When that happens, we will be better off if the start line is on the Ukrainian rather than the Polish border. Which is why we are offering verbal support towards helping Ukraine retain its territory, despite Ukraine not being a friend.