Does any country in the middle east have a good reason to care that much about Israel? Does Israel truly have a reason to care that much about any other country in the Middle East? As long as Netanyahu's expansionist desires are satisfied by shaving away pieces of his immediate neighbors, US invasion - which has happened to a few countries already - is a more real and present threat.

Of course, why SA would think that terrorism will keep the US out of the Middle East, that's the missing piece of this picture and may invalidate it.