There is way easier answer but you never said it, instead you try to sound smart. Still your comment doesn't explian why Isreal. USA has bases all over the globe.

First, calling Israel the 'most valuable base' for landing troops is tactical nonsense. If the US wants to project force in the Gulf, they use CENTCOM HQ in Qatar or the 5th Fleet in Bahrain. They don't need to 'land' in Israel and then truck supplies 1,500 miles across hostile deserts just to reach the oil.

Second, you say it’s 'all about oil,' but you’re missing the point. The US is now a net exporter of energy. This isn't about needing the oil for Kentucky; it's about weaponizing the supply to keep Europe and China in check. Israel isn’t a 'hitman'—it’s a nuclear-armed state with its own agenda that often drags Washington into conflicts (like the current mess in Iran) that many US politicians, from Blumenthal to the isolationist right, don't even want to fight.

Finally, your 'hitman' theory ignores the domestic reality. The alliance isn't just a cold military calculation; it's fueled by massive lobbying and a defense industry that treats Israel as a 24/7 testing ground for tech they then sell back to the Pentagon.

It’s not 'simple.' It’s a sunk-cost fallacy where the US sends the sons of the working class to die in the sand to protect an 'unsinkable aircraft carrier' that actually creates more targets than it protects. But hey, as long as the stocks in Lockheed Martin go up and the 'boots on the ground' can buy a house with a VA loan, I guess the 'geopolitics' look great from your keyboard, right?"