If we weren't funneling billions and billions of dollars into their coiffers on a daily basis, do you really think they would be so agreeable to our western values.
Somehow I don't think so.
Not that they are raving lunatics aka Iran.
But Dubai/UAE did not voluntarily stop its cozy relationship with the Taliban and Usama bin Ladin. They only did so because they saw the powerful armies of the USA (in 1990 and again after 9/11)heading their way, pissed and loaded for bear.
And if they are such great allies, how come an American can NOT, I repeat, CAN NOT, own a business in their country. Check their govt. website if you don't believe me. All businesses must be 51-percent owned and run by a UAE citizen.
So please wake up. Yes, they love our dollars. But take them away, and you've taken away a lot of their tolerance for our Christian Judeo ethics.