It is easier to get rid of Islamists in hurry like IS and Al-Qaeda than against slow burning political Islamists like Muslim Brotherhood
Doesn't matter, Russians, Islamists, China, North Korea, Mexican cartels and basically most of the political thought outside of the Western liberal system are aware that the U.S is their only opposition to get what they want. Get rid of it, and you have free hand on everything.
Of course from all of this contra liberals, the U.S is well aware that Islam is their mortal enemy and constant long term threat, because Islam is the exact opposite of the West in every aspect that compels the U.S to spend more time trying to deal with it than let's say Mexican cartels next door.
It doesn't matter though. The U.S has its own limits and even if they wanted to they simply couldn't have their hands on everything.
If the U.S at the peak of their power (1990s-2000s) couldn't achieve their goal of recreating political Islam to their liking, there's actually less chance for them to succeed this time while having to deal with peer state like China/Russia. Islamist (shia and Sunni alike) are aware of this.
And then there's the Hamas raid and the subsequent Gaza war that snowballed into a domestic struggle in the states. That will COMPEL the U.S to put more resources inward. It couldn't be worse for the AIPAC guys running the U.S Foreign Policy.
2 days ago, The Economist wrote this. Which is just a repetition of what I've writing here for quite some time.
Its collapse could be sudden and irreversible
www.economist.com
They know everything is falling apart, they're likely trying to stop it, but to no avail.
If you look at the Saudis gambling on normalization, followed by UAE and Saudis softening on Iran, it's basically a signal. Both MBS and MBZ knows from closed doors that the American order is fading away and the happy 2000s is fast receding. On their front door there's basically 2 options going forward:
1. Getting swallowed by Iran and their minions.
2. getting wiped by popular unrest that will eventually be taken over by Sunni Islamist like in Syria.
Anyways both ways not good prospect for them.