Of course what the US really wants is for Oil producing nations in the middle east to attack Israel, they have been provoking these countries by supporting Israel for some time and this would give the US the perfect excuse to invade or force regime change to more US friendly rulers.
Oil producing nations are getting smarter, and instead of resorting to force they are now threatening to trade Oil in Euro's instead of dollars which could cause a devaluation of the USD and make US imports very expensive, export prices would become non-competitive and the US deficit would rise to the point where not only could they not afford another war, but the US public would be made poorer, and with China's rising oil needs, middle east oil producers dont need the US as a customer any more.
Sticky situation for the US
Politics and big business, got to love it, got to hate it, got to laugh at it
Attack Mercs Killed (30) 459,329,001
Defence Mercs Killed (10) 2,918,478,517
Attack Soldiers Killed(60) 12,677,958
Defence Soldiers Killed(20) 226,236,488
Attack Super Soldiers Killed(300) 490,627,262
Defence Super Soldiers Killed(100) 4,131,482,551
Spies Killed(50) 4,256,505,842
Spy Killers Killed(50) 651,022,448
Mothership Weapons Destroyed(300) 35,583,034
Mothership Shields Destroyed(300) 39,498,511
Mothership Fleets Destroyed(200) 2,413,254
Planet Defences Destroyed(300) 358,539
Planets Taken(5000) 411
Naquadah Stolen(0.0001) 2,355,738,435,154,805
Untrained Kidnapped(50) 5,943,886,456
Weapon Points Destroyed (Sab+Att)(0.0001) 74,293,522,376,607
Attack Turns Used(1) 1,731,971
because i don't believe anything short of Israel being cut off from all aid and suffering the same kind of sanctions they have insisted on others will change anything. as for how much, its upwards of $40 billion in financial aid alone just from the US.
For Rome!