Really? When is the last time they took you to a Gulf returnee's house in a news program? 

As for moral struggles, every time I go to Houston, my colleagues would proudly tell me how everything there is cheaper than Canada. The fact that their illegals are paid a lot less, to achieve that low cost, isn't something that bothers most Texans. 

The US government and Unocal were at one time negotiating a natural gas pipeline with the Taliban, despite that group's record with women (which was even worse that Saudi Arabia's). Money is king in the USA. Everything else is secondary.