people are mixing up three separate but interrelated issues here (and i don't mean you--i agree with you on this):
1. smearing our allies (a bad idea; but if the UAE refuses to let Jews enter, and if the UAE supported the talaban and supports hamas, this should be publicized);
2. free trade--a good idea
3. turning over our ports to the UAE: a bad idea, for security reasons.
free trade is not the same thing as weakening our security.
How many times must you be told we are NOT doing that?