I work at CENTCOM HQ. The UAE has helped us out in many ways - primarily behind the scenes on classified matters. Our ports would be no more/less secure had the deal gone through. In fact, our ports are relatively secure. There are those who know that such information is classified and that we can't give specifics and take advantage of it.
What. Your in military. You have no voice here. If you lived in the region then we def dont want to talk to you. The only people who are coorrct are the ones that the closest they ever got to the middle east is watching Charleston Heston in Moses each year around Easter