Where do you think the Middle East was going to end up with a depleted Asia not buying its wares? Asia alone accounts for nearly 80% of Saudi oil sales, China buys over 30% of every drop of oil that the Saudis produce, thats more than double the 15% that the whole of Europe and the US purchase. Economies don’t work in isolation, you can’t sell if something inconvenient happened to your customers. Now that the Silk Road is back on track the US is going back to being irrelevant. It was a fun little ride, you guys should leave with some dignity since you didn’t arrive or stay with any.