[Rokke]

"The UAE government extensively blocks content that it considers objectionable for religious and cultural reasons, though not, apparently, material related to political dissent."

Doesn't sound much like China to me.

"I don't want anything for the Middle East other than for them to quit trying to blow up stuff and kill people in our country."

Then you better hope it becomes economically stable and that the rest of the region starts looking a lot like the UAE.

[BubbaTheRocketScientist]

Then you better hope it becomes economically stable and that the rest of the region starts looking a lot like the UAE.

"Making them economically stable" was not the strategy which stopped the Japanese and Germans from blowing up Americans during the second world war - nor was it the strategy which led to the downfall of Communism in Eastern Europe. Why do you think it will work in this instance?