"Well, I think that people recently killed deserve better than the fiction that the Saudis and other "Arab governments" pretend to cooperate with us and we pretend not to know that they continue to fund terrorism world wide, and to tolerate training camps in their countries."
Good point. The Saudis have their oil facilities wired for bombing. The way to handle them would take some major brass-- we would have to hold as many members of the Royal Family hostage as possible, or some other unorthodox tactic, maybe something very high-tech, to prevent that from happening. It would be better if we simply make oil obsolete first, such as that new idea: water fueled cars. We are getting close to ending the need for oil.
But if our nation gets nuked, the Saudis must be dealt with, along with Syria, the Iranian regime, Albania, and the KLA in Kosovo. Lybia has been cooperating, and Pakistan has been on the fence, but we would have to monitor those two very closely. Other allies in the Middle East would be shaken up as well. We would even have to keep a sharp eye on Kuwait.
We could also blockade the Persian Gulf and be very selective about where tankers are allowed to go. We could even charge 'passage fees', if we need cash. Any tankers who violate our demands could be seized and auctioned off. Also, we could sell Albanian, Saudi, and Syrian real estate for war funds.
You talk as if the winner in world conflicts makes the rules.