We just pissed in the cheerioes of a potential ally in the war on terror. How could there be any consenquences?
Not only with the UAE, but how many 'unnamed arabs' in countries that MIGHT have hard decicions to make in the future.
Something like deciding to throw in with a (freshly nuke enabled) Iran, or to embrace the west. To see how STACKED the deck is against you to start... that might influence a revolution.
But no... I'm sure we've made the right decision here, we've taken the time and thought about it. Weighted the pros and cons, had endless debate and the media has informed a majroity of the public. What can go wrong?