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Mark, with all due respect — the UAE doesn’t need a permission slip from Washington to conduct its foreign policy. The UAE has 3 islands illegally occupied by Iran, a shared maritime border, and billions in bilateral trade exposure. Managing that reality isn’t “coddling” — it’s

Mark doesn’t want to call a spade a spade, excellency. The “coddling” is, as you say, pragmatic realignment since it looks increasingly likely that the United States under current management lacks the will to seize the island chains to establish a weapons engagement zone and