I have no problem dealing with problematic allies, even those that don't have the same values as us, or other members of the free world.
What I do have a problem with is compromising our security in order to grease the wheels for diplomacy.
Can you say Visa Express?
That's one of the reasons-if not the chief one-that the Twin Towers no longer stand in my city, and why over 2,600 Americans are now deceased.
Short-term political gains are not worth sacrificing our long-term interests, and there is no compelling reason to go through with this deal.
The UAE already has extensive ties to the United States in the economic realm, and our relationship is not going to go to seed simply because they did not get their way on this.
If it does, then it simply illustrates how unreliable our Arab "allies" are.
Incrementalism is creeping in. What is wrong with saying "no"? We have no obligation to these despots. Look where appeasement got us with Saddam. We looked the other way while he slaughtered the Kurds that WE encouraged. Isolationism is bad. Supporting miscreants is worse.