[Skybird]

Probably: gain independence from their oil, then lock them out and then leave them alone. If then they give themselves a dictatorship, it is not our responsebility, and we can strike back if they reach for us first, without needing to have a bad consciousness.
Due to it's self-understanding, Islam's sociology always had and still has a very strong tendency towards totalitarian structures, btw. Some things simply do not play well together. Islam and democracy is such a pair.