"Read this and realize our congress was the culprit - not Bush..."
I have no doubt that the reason this happened initially was ALL legislative sellout. Congress will try to do this kind of thing for its donors again and again. But Bush is standing by it, and that is where he turns himself into the party at fault right now.
Well .. we have a very, very vital military base which the UAE is leasing to us. It's VITAL to the WOT in Iraq - and if we should need to go into Iran - this base would be crucial.
To spit in these people's faces this way could cost us to lose that base. UAE is not perfect - but several people I consider knowledgable on the comings and goings of UAE has stated on TV that the UAE has recently passed laws making harboring a terrorist a crime .. and other related terrorist laws. While there is some question about their assisting us ENOUGH regarding terrorist bank accounts .. I don't have the info to say that's true or untrue.
So much of this has been blown sky-high - AS THE DEMOCRATS ALWAYS DO - that some of the TRUTH about the deal has gone unreported and unrevealed.