Puhleeze. Dubai will not do a damn thing regarding our military.
Why? THEY ARE ADDICTED to our American dollars just as much as we are addicted to their oil.
So please stop this lunacy belief that they have suddenly become in love with our Judeo Christian ethics.
If our dollars were to stop flowing to UAE/Dubai today, their friendship would suddenly be looking elsewhere for security, and I'm sure you are smart enough to figure out where that is.
Yeah real smart, push them to the chicomms, all because of some ignorant knee jerk spasm of furriners having terminals in our ports(when 80% of the terminals are leased by furriners).
You really know how win and influence friends, don't you.
THey can cert invest in the European markets and the growing Asian market. We are not the only show in town. As to the military in that post I was referring to the genuine warm regard they show our military while they are there. I dont think they are going to throw out the bases because of this one thing. But relationships between countries are like relationships between people. Enough small events like this are allowed to happen and problems result. also there is the issue of using the tools of commerce to fight the WOT in the entire region. How has that been effected? Fianlly the foreign policy of the USA is not hinged on folks accepting the Judeo/Christian ethic. If thats the case we better vote down that Indian deal we just did.
I'm a flag-waving patriot who is proud that the US is the world's #1 super-power, BUT I don't let that pride turn into arrogance.
If our US dollars stopped flowing to the UAE they would barely feel the pinch. The vast majority of their investments are in Australia, Asia, and the EU. If they needed help with security there would be a huge multi-national coalition on their doorstep in the blink of an eye. They don't NEED us.