Cut off all foreign aid to the Mid East? Hell, I think WE should start charging THEM for protection. I'll tell you what, you drop one nuke on Qatar just to show the other Arabs how we treat our friends, announce they are next if they don't start giving us free oil, and if anyone like Sadaam Hussein refuses then nuke him.
In fact this should be our new foreign policy- cut off foreign aid to ALL other countries and start charging THEM for all the free protection they've been getting for years. If we want Canadian trees then we should TAKE Canadian trees. If we want Swiss watches then we should TAKE Swiss watches.
Every other civilization- the Egyptians, the Romans, the Greeks, the Mongols- have exploited all other civilizations they've surpassed. Why is the USA the first great dominant civilization that gives AWAY all our stuff instead of TAKING all of their stuff? If Might makes Right then I say it's time to make everyone else pay.
We have concerned ourselves over trivial issues like why the French hate us, why the Irish are drunks, and why English food tastes like toejam. Screw all of them...the only friends WE need are our Nukes.