Maybe what killed the port deal was the sheer ludicrousness of port deal apologists talking like Guardian columnists decrying 'islamophobia' and 'anti-Arab racism'. When the American people heard this nonsense they smelled generous applications of petrodollar grease.
The UAE is not a country. It is the private property of one man. A mortal man. A man who spent a lot of money greasing a lot of people in Washington so a deal would go through. But it failed. It failed because the American people did not have a price and were not willing to be sold.
Your username fits you well.
What sunk the deal was a truckload of bogus information. Selling the ports. Security turned over. UAE supports the Taliban. You probably know the list well.
You will never catch me being an apologist for Islamists, EVER. I am also not a braindead moron who would happily crap on an important ally, in a crucial position at a critical time. Do you want to win the WOT? If the answer is no, then you make total sense.