We are talking about some rinky dink countries. They could get tanks from the border to the airports inside of 2 hours. That is a far cry from manuevering against major US forces in central Iraq. I don't doubt that the air force could inflict damage. I do doubt they could stop them. The air force's best capability is against soft logistic targets...they wouldn't even need to bring logistics to the fight...it would be over before they needed gas. The Air Force just isn't very good at killing tanks except for A-10's, which are very vulnerable to SAMs. At least enough tanks would make it to the POMCUS and air bases to devastate whatever is there.
Not even close. When their supply lines started getting hammered they would have to withdraw. I've been to Qatar, I was stationed at As Sayliyah, that narrow peninsula has a couple of really good choke points (and its not like the Qataris would just be sitting back doing nothing). An attack on the UAE would force the new saudi army to extend its supply lines even further and would leave them vulnerable from a counterattack from us on their flank. I am not at all worried that a jihadi army would sweep the Arabian peninsula. Anyone who has observed any Arab army in action knows how truly pathetic they really are.