“True, the Arabs weren’t our best friends, but at least they weren’t committed to our destruction as they are now. “
It doesn’t seem to me that the Arabs are committed to our destruction. They do a lot of lip service, but the last time a sovereign Arab country attacked Israel was about 20 years ago. That was Saddam scuds, which was from a distance. They caused lots of damage, but there was no outright attack with any troops, planes, or tanks. Before that it was in the Yom Kippur war. There have been skirmishes since then, but very little in the way of attempts of destruction.