Maybe you should do some research, Dubai is not Yemen.
I'm resisting the natural comment about how difficult it is to...and dish towels, etc.
Maybe you should. If we simply just reject the deal, business is business--no hard feelings, we're told all hell will break loose.
Well that is not the sign of a real friend.
And by all such indications, they are still an "emirate" and could turn on a dime. They likely are not so different from Yemen.
Better safe than sorry.
The panic in the General's response implies we are relying on a powder keg...and the fuse is lit.