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And if they are such great allies, how come an American can NOT, I repeat, CAN NOT, own a business in their country. Check their govt. website if you don't believe me. All businesses must be 51-percent owned and run by a UAE citizen.

So please wake up. Yes, they love our dollars. But take them away, and you've taken away a lot of their tolerance for our Christian Judeo ethics.

Also, their "friendship" is skin-deep -- and it's the thin-skin of their ruling elite. The other day I read the results of some polling of their subjects. Real "make your blood run cold" stuff. OBL is very popular among the UAE's "great unwashed" -- oh, and we are very unpopular.

I'd cancel any reservations to the Kumbaya Kampfire party. Those folks do not like us. They are not our friends. They like our money, they fear our warships, and that's about the extent of it. Anyone who reads more into "the relationship" than that, well... they must be the favorite customer at the local auto dealer (and after buying a car, they bask in the glow of the experience, reflecting on how much the car dealer likes them... and respects them...)

Yeah, there really are people like that, sad to say.

But, there are also people whose job it is to present the image of being "folks like that" (which is sadder to say, IMO).