We don’t need mid-east oil anymore.
We do need to support Israel, if we wish to remain a going concern.
Those two suppositions make for a simpler course, going forward.
The right path is not necessarily the easiest, or shortest path, but it is the one on which you will never get lost.
Yeah I really couldn’t care less what our mideast “allies” want at this point. They’re always there to hold our coat while we fight their battles but that’s about it. The only ones showing any kind of reliability is Jordan and their power in the mideast is greatly diminished.
If it were up to me I would make a deal with Israel to park a carrier group or two off their coast. They could keep the group supplied at reasonable cost and we could protect them from serious attack.