their citizens are virtually foaming at the mouth for war
So, you’re wrong, there isn’t even enough interest to go to war for Ukraine, a fight that is arguably more just. Nobody is “foaming at the mouth” to go back to the middle east, except for the types that are generally foaming at the mouth anyway.
But worse, you’re generalizing, which makes you wrong by default.
There’s no point trying to convince them of anything
Sounds like you’re incapable of defending your position with any rational discussion, so you dismiss the possibility out of hand. How transparent.