Reply #86: You know....

[sendero]

... I am as unhappy as you are about our general foreign policy of telling our real friends to pack sand when they are critical of our unilateral actions.

The UAE are not our real friends, just like the Saudis are not our real friends. They are a trading partner, nothing more, nothing less.

All of these faux friends need us as much as we need them for the time being, although I would agree that over the longer term access to oil might be hindered. Personally, I'm tired of the country selling it's soul for "access to oil".

If you cannot see why Americans are not too keen to allow such a country to run our ports, that is your myopia. And comparing this to our long ties to "Old Europe" or other countries that really are (were) our allies is ludicrous.