[marvlus]

I'm not thrilled about it, but what's the realistic alternative?

My guess if we don't support this, then we can just kiss any kind of help from the UAE on terrorism goodbye.

[dfwgator]

And who is in a better position to gather intelligence, a bunch of lily-white agents, or fellow Arabs?

[Junior_G]

My guess if we don't support this, then we can just kiss any kind of help from the UAE on terrorism goodbye.

If their help is in any way contingent on them managing our ports...then that should raise some red flags right there.