To Ob and Kerry's credit they did use the non-violent solution.
If you had the GOP in power more americans would have died to please the Saudi's.
Bush was a lapdog after all. A lapdog that sacrificed 1000's of american lives for his Saudi friends.
If you had the MAINTSTREAM GOP...neocons like bush, mccain, graham, etc..in power, then yes they would have attacked no question at all.
But if you had the actual conservatives/tea party types they would NOT have attacked. They are the only ones truly for non-intervention and against foreign adventurism.
Make sure you can differentiate between the two groups