They certainly are evil . They allow liquor and gambling and even churches to operate openly!!! Surely we could find some nice Bhudda-bombing Burqua people, if we have to have friends in that part of the world.
And they have an evil yet strong tourism industry. Imagine what "allowing" an attack through DPW at one of our ports would do for tourism! Why, the masses of Westerners would flock there twofold from what they do now. Sheesh. I'm going to Dubai next month, and am not looking forward to the correct comments that we are idiots on this issue, but at least Bush wasn't a shortsighted fool. I'm not one to take criticism of the U.S. lightly while visiting foreign nations, but on this one I'm not going to be able to offer a reasonable explanation.