Amen Caller... Tony did not parrot talking points... he googled the midnight oil away.
I defense of some, I think most of them just did the wrong research. They did so some research on the relationships of the UAE and terrorism.
What they did not do was research on the history and strategery of the area and the country, and they certainly did not do any research on how ports and shipping is done, or the economics of the deal
If that was because of lack of knowledge or laziness, I don't know