Well... Considering that the invasion of Iraq was launched from Qatar and Kuwait and that the U.S. Fifth Fleet is based in Bahrain, I believe that the governments of the Gulf States are our allies. Of course, this alliance comes out of enlightened self-interest. The Gulf States emirs have a very liberal view of Islam that doesn't jive with Osama and friends' vision of the Arab world and understand that they're Osama's next target. Helping America out protects them from external and internal enemies. (Think the first Gulf War).