You get no argument from me as far as the folly of our trade with China and the lost opportunities for other democracies such as Turkey and India.
The State Department has long had a reputation as being pro-Arab and anti-Israeli. If they are admireres of Turkey, there's little evidence of it. And it has been Congress who has blocked arms sales to Arab countries at times, such as the AWACS sales to Saudi Arabia, over the protestations of various administrations. I don't doubt that there are far-seeing officers in the State Department, but the Arabists are known to control it.
It's actually a split as I had explained to me. There are the pro-democracy rah-rah gang and the "Islam can't be wrong" Arabists in State. From what I've seen in my history courses and front line experience, the Arabists in State are so clueless it's pathetic. But don't worry, they are going out in the university system and teaching the morons of the future.