These people suck at Foreign Policy

So Condi goes on a whirlwind tour of the Middle East, essentially begging for some help with Iraq. Needless to say, her efforts were futile. The President then proceeds to push an arms deal with many of the same countries that just gave us the diplomatic middle finger. Can anybody explain to me why this is a good idea? Is the US so over the (oil) barrel with the Arabs that we can only offer carrots? It seems to me that the official US policy towards Egypt and Saudi Arabia (especially Saudi Arabia) is thanks for listening and here are some fighter jets. WTF? And finally, why are we doing anything nice for the Saudis when they are pumping millions into the Iraqi insurgency?

This whole situation is so goddamn stupid I just want to scream.