So let’s get this straight, we fight and die, the Saudis cough up some money then raise oil prices that we have to pay so they can pay us a little of it back? Great leadership there Lurch!
Exactly, however it goes further than that.
These actions weaken America in all ways in the rest of the world. We lose our moral authority, our trustworthyness, our cohesiveness, our respect, the value of our military reduced to mercenary, our economic power.
At the same time we make our real enemy stronger and bring together assets and resources under his control, and put less radical Muslims under radical Wahabbi control. We build the war engine that will be loosed on us and the Jews, while we pound Eastern Europeans who look like us and worship like us.