OK. Having said all that how do you answer the neo isolationists who sat that sixty years of American involvement in the Mideast has been detrimental and a disaster for American security. We have made the Muslims our mortal enemies.That America really never had a problem with oil flow since the sellers would wither if they did not receive hard currency. Then how do you answer people who argue that given the Holocaust and being the moral superpower, the US had no choice but to support and protect Israel. Can the US disengage, not longer involve itself in the region’s affairs and still consider itself a moral force for good?
Your phrase "sixty years of American involvement in the Mideast" is accurate but you could also say that the west has had a Mideast policy that dates back to when Salidin united the Shia and Sunni to drive out the first crusade.
Or, you could say because the Ottoman Empire joined the wrong side in WW1, the west was able to redraw the entire region to facilitate getting to the oil.
Or, you could specifically mention the Carter Doctrine. Or the Wolfowitz Doctrine.
No doubt the US has a moral or cultural obligation towards Israel, but Israel's geographic location has/had great significance during the cold war period and the post cold war period.