[thoughtomator]

They are connected by:

a) import operations being integral to security;

b) the President's reputation for not taking our borders seriously

c) the relationship of Islam - the national religion of the UAE - to terrorism, which is the reason for all this security in the first place.

[bayourant]

Not to concede your first two points but let me focus on your third. Islam is not to blame for this. Radical Islamist are to blame there is a difference. The UAE hasnt had a terror attack there in years. They also keep the Wahabbism stuff out to a large degree. There is a difference. In fact its a difference that should be rewarded.

[muawiyah]

The UAE is presently the only Arabian peninsula country to tolerate and foster the construction of Christian and other churches, temples and places of worship.

Did it ever occur to you that it might have been less tolerant interests there that brought on the outcry?

You could be a tool of the Saudi Arabian religious police~!!!