You really want to disarm the Middle East? The whole messy lot of them without firing a shot? Here's how.

STOP BUYING THEIR OIL. It's that simple.

Build a big collection of nuclear reactors around the coast, and alot of Hydrolysis plants. You've now got electricty and Hydrogen to run surface transport. You get serious about this, engineers should be able to get fusion reactors working remarkably soon. It should be cleaner and cheaper.

We're pouring money into the area like oil onto flames, and with much the same effect.