If you believe this story.
UAE is a better ally than Saudi Arabia (of course this neither means we bomb the Saudis nor we don’t put any pressure on them) and I bet there are more domestic Al Qaeda terrorists in America than in the UAE. And regarding the recognition of Taliban Afghanistan, the US and other nations are actually in the minority for not recognizing the Talibans as the liegitimate government. MAny nations, let alone Arab/Islamic ones, recognize the Tallies as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. So, yeah. I do believe this story.
And, I don't! I find it hard to believe much about Bush any more, except that he's a globalist and he's destroying our country!