I agree we should remove conventional ground troops out of the ME. I am under no illusion that if we withdraw, the terrorists will leave us alone.
If the USA under the UN and other Leftist arseholes are not going to be allowed to surgically remove threats, I’m all for a underground privately funded army to do so.
I doubt they would leave us alone also, at least for a while. If the other countries that have a vested interest in the ME felt more threatened, then maybe they would do more. I have no problem with letting them self-destruct, which is what I believe would happen. We also have to become way more energy self-reliant.