Worth is unless you don’t give a shit (libertarian losers / isolationists) if China + Iran lord over Middle Eastern oil and gas. Nature abhors a vacuum, so if we leave the Middle East they will rush in to control it. Then you will get the petro-Yuan replacing the US Dollar. Meaning the standard of living here goes down 30%.
Machievelli said paraphrasing- A war you go out of your way to avoid is a war you end up with at your disadvantage.
Meaning we can't continue to use massive, unsustainable debt to finance a standard of living we can't afford.
I'll take that deal any day of the week.