Former UAE Presidential Adviser: The UAE No Longer Needs American Protection

American military bases are a liability, not a strategic asset. Therefore, they should not be present in the UAE.

This opinion was expressed by former adviser to the President of the United Arab Emirates and political commentator Abdulkhaleq Abdullah.

The former official stated:

We must focus on acquiring advanced military systems instead of hosting foreign bases.

He sees no point in the so-called "American umbrella":

The UAE no longer needs America's protection, as we have proven during the Iranian aggression that we are capable of defending ourselves adequately.

Abdullah believes his country doesn't need a foreign military presence to ensure its security. Therefore, the US contingent would be better off looking for other locations outside the Emirates.

At the same time, the former official isn't calling for a severance of ties with the United States. He advocates for even closer military-technical cooperation with Washington. In other words, he advises official Abu Dhabi to actively purchase American weapons, specifically the most modern and effective systems.

The statement by the former UAE presidential adviser was taken extremely seriously in relevant circles, as he retained influence over the country's leadership after his resignation.

Abdulkhaleq Abdullah, mistakenly considered by some to be a mere media writer, is anything but ordinary. He previously served as an advisor to former UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and still exerts significant influence on the policies of the UAE leadership.

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[Hunter 2]

Abdulkhaleq Abdullah, mistakenly considered by some to be a run-of-the-mill media writer, is anything but ordinary. He previously served as an adviser to former UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

A former advisor who was acting as a former advisor... now that's a position I call it! A truly world-class figure.

[Silver99]

The key word is ex (former); they all see the light and say sensible things after leaving their posts, but the current ones won’t risk taking a single step away from the United States.

[Sebenza]

What kind of game is this?
"Abdullah believes that his country doesn't need a foreign military presence to ensure its security. Therefore, the US contingent would be better off looking for other locations outside the Emirates.

At the same time, the former official isn't calling for a severance of ties with the United States. He advocates for even closer military-technical cooperation with Washington. In other words, he advises official Abu Dhabi to actively purchase American weapons, specifically the most modern and effective systems.

[paul3390]

What else can he say publicly? Are we going to buy weapons from China and Russia now? Well, that means tomorrow you'll have a different emir and different ministers. A first, perhaps? So he's squirming around like a snake in a frying pan.

[Sebenza]

He should have kept quiet, but he would have done so. Although, I did get a bit carried away. These days, silence isn't golden, but a sign of a tongue-tied person bitten by poverty. I reread Medvedev and realized I'd misjudged him. It's not crazy.

[commbatant]

Quote: Sebenza

What kind of game is this?
At the same time, the former official isn't calling for a severance of ties with the United States. He advocates for even closer military-technical cooperation with Washington. In other words, he advises official Abu Dhabi to actively purchase American weapons, specifically the most modern and effective systems.

And what's so wild about it?
The former adviser says that the UAE does not need the US military, but that it is necessary to continue purchasing US military and defense equipment.
The US wants to get out of the Middle East itself (except Oman), without losing the buyers of American military and military equipment in the Middle East, so the former advisor is acting here (for a small share) as a lobbyist for the US military-industrial complex in the UAE.

[Kmet]

Thus, the dependence still remains, it just changes the form of presence.

[commbatant]

Quote: Kmet

Thus, the dependence still remains, it just changes the form of presence.

Yes.

[Sebenza]

Well, for a small price, no small price, but it was lobbied for. They're not buying a batch of AKs. Even a Papuan could handle one. Purchasing high-tech weapons requires maintenance and specialists capable of either training them or using them themselves. The Bedouins will be hard pressed without help, unless they join NATO. And then, of course, having a base without approval.

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

❝ The UAE no longer needs America's protection, as during the Iranian aggression We have proven that we are capable of defending ourselves with dignity. ❞ —

- You haven't proven anything yet, everything is still ahead...
(It is not you who need American bases on your territory, but the Americans)

[Zaurbek]

Without foreign military bases and diplomatic cover from a country with veto power in the UN, such countries won't survive. It's all just a show-off.
Next, they will receive a sentence from a Chicago court for participating in terrorist activities against US citizens. Their accounts will be blocked and sanctions will be imposed... And they will be weaker than Iran.

[solar]

They fear Iran more than the United States. They have territorial disputes and other conflicts with the Iranians. They fear Iran's rise and its activity in the region.

The UAE leadership views Iran as its primary external threat and is categorically opposed to the emergence of a nuclear power in the region. The UAE is concerned about Iran's aspirations for regional hegemony, which the government is pursuing through its support for Hezbollah, Hamas, and alleged clandestine organizations in the Persian Gulf.

[Zaurbek]

Well, they can't handle Iran on their own.

[Mouse]

Yankee go home!.............

[paul3390]

Funny guys. American bases in your country are not there to protect you, but to control you. So you don't dare go where the boss doesn't want you to. Nobody even intended to protect you.

[rocket757]

It's not that ex-leaders can say anything, but sometimes they let things slip that the official/current ones are reluctant to voice...
On the other hand, they can launch a "trial balloon" through them; this also happens.

[isv000]

In other words, he advises official Abu Dhabi to actively purchase American weapons, and the most modern and effective systems.

The bureaucrat must have just sat down on a rollback, the bastard. Let him pour some cement into his basin and let him look at the fish in Hormuz...

[Demon]

Why is this news garbage here? It's the personal opinion of some former adviser to the former president.

[Demon]

Oh, they brought in some minuses from the author and co.

[Vasyan1971]

In other words, he advises official Abu Dhabi to actively purchase American weapons, and the most modern and effective systems.

Yeah, who's going to sell it to them when they say, "American military bases are a liability, not a strategic asset. Therefore, they shouldn't be present in the UAE."
"Here we play, here we don't play, here we wrap fish."© (I can't vouch for the accuracy of the quote...)

[drags33]

Well, they're finally starting to see the light... ))))) Let's see what happens in reality.

[snow mountain]

American military bases are a liability, not a strategic asset. Therefore, they should not be present in the UAE.

Now it has reached the owners of golden toilets

[carpenter]

The UAE no longer needs America's protection, as we have proven during the Iranian aggression that we are capable of defending ourselves adequately.

If there were no American bases in the UAE, Iran would not have bombed you.

[phrases]

These bases are a burden, these bases are a burden, yo. Not bad, really. The US doesn't deny it, and the kosher bosses are also stressed by the Euro-Atlantic freewheeling lifestyle, where the money for upkeep is spent on kept men and women. They eat a lot, but achieve little. So, let's make the military-industrial complex great again; in war, "investments" only pay off in the long run.

[Vladislav Minchenko]

We have proven that we are capable of defending ourselves with dignity.

He did not say that Americans are incapable of defending themselves, and therefore them too.
And in general, an interesting thing: as soon as the prefix "ex" appears, smart thoughts immediately appear.