Check this out and visit its various links. I know it's a blog, but it links to many credible sites, including the 9/11 Report:
http://www.madcowprod.com/11122004issue.html
Check this out and visit its various links. I know it's a blog, but it links to many credible sites, including the 9/11 Report:
http://www.madcowprod.com/11122004issue.html
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Actually I've seen most of this before. Like all things in the ME you have to understand the context. UAE contacts with BL pre 9-11 is/was typical of most Arab nations.
UAE's hands are not clean but neither are ours if you look at strictly who we were allied with in the pre 9-11. Better to look at how these governments have reacted post 9-11. UAE made the war in Afganistan and Iraq possible (along with Qatar and Kuwait).
Bottom line--UAE is an ally, so now the question is how do you treat an ally? Block the sale and it will say volumes about how we treat our alliences in the ME, where we really need alliances, and we will not gain one iota of additional protection.