Saddam thought so too, until he got a little “democracy”:
U.N. to let Iraq sell oil for euros, not dollars
https://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.un.euro.reut/
US military not even close to what is was during the Iraq invasion.
Can’t even stop a terrorist blockade of the Suez Canal.
US threatened to bomb Hezbollah into the Stone Age if it intervened after Oct 7.
Hez said do your worst and fired thousands of rockets into Israel.
So, far, zero US bombs.