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Now, how do the answers to those questions make the case for this being a "moderate" arab country?

Perhaps you'd be better off worrying about what we'll do if/when our strategic UAE military bases are shut down. Then there's that pesky oil thing.

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If, over a port deal, the UAE tells us to leave the bases, then that says all we need to know.

There are good reasons to be for and against this deal. But claiming "We had better do it or they will be mean to us!" sounds wrong.