Reply #3: many, many on the left have huge problems with

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mildly supportive countries like the uae -- i.e. their stand{literally} on women and gay folk.

i don't find the uae a ''friend'' or ''friendly'' to u.s. interests -- i do find them self serving.

if we can shed ourselves of lunatics in the white house and state department -- we have a better country to develop relations with and that is turkey.

india has a large muslim population and that's another country we should be focusing a lot of effort on.

lebanon looks more promising than ever -- and again if we can rid our selves of the loonies...

if the uae wants to stop looking more like saudia arabia -- maybe we can talk.