Here's how UAE operates.
They run a modern liberal state where prostitution and vices run
wild. It is the prostitution centre of the middle east where
Saudis, Yemenis and Qataris simply cross over and fornicate and get
drunk all they want over the weekend.
At the same time, they keep extremists at bay by supporting the
Taliban, funding Hamas and allowing nuclear weapon parts and making
capabilities shipped thru their port.
They also support US in the war on terror in terms of logictics and
make investments in the west and all over the world.
In other words, they play modern to westerners and buddies to
terrorists.
All these double playing came home to roost when the US law makers
brought all this up in the review of the P&O deal.
The UAE leaders think they can play both sides with their oil money
and found out that there is an ultimate limit to such hypocrisy.
The world must learn from Saudi Arabia, France, Germany and UAE's
mistakes and stop being hypocrites.