Why Is The UAE So Sane? :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by Dave (United States), Dec 31, 2015 at 13:01

Thank you, Dr. Pipes. I just finished a software contract with GlobalFoundries, a semiconductor company owned by the UAE, which recently purchased IBM's Microelectronics division, where I had been working. The technologies being developed are leading edge, as are their extensive international manufacturing facilities. This accords with your report on the UAE's relative modernity and enterprising spirit.

In the political arena, the UAE was recently in the news after their officials denounced CAIR as a pro-terrorist, MB-linked organization. In many ways, the UAE is savvier than many of our Western moonbat regimes. Wasn't that supposed to be how Gaza was supposed to turn out after the Israeli withdrawal?

Analyzing why the UAE is more like Singapore than Gaza would be instructive.

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	Title	Commenter	Date	Thread
2	The fire at the Address Hotel and lesson to be learned [127 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	dhimmi no more	Jan 2, 2016 11:12	227421
2	The Potemkin City-States of the Gulf [566 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Pied Piper	Jan 2, 2016 10:15	227419
1	Sounds to me like Apartheid [26 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Michael S	Jan 2, 2016 05:41	227416
2	My accusation stands [61 words]	Michael S	Jan 7, 2016 20:32	227416
	Not long ago they were considered as supporters of both Iran and Hamas [14 words]	BorisG	Jan 1, 2016 10:29	227408
1	Idea: Build up Amman into this type of city [171 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	PezDispenser	Jan 1, 2016 07:18	227405
	Agree with Dr Pipes [89 words]	Anon	Jan 4, 2016 01:58	227405
1	Curious title [122 words]	Philip	Jan 1, 2016 05:23	227404
	Dubious model [44 words]	Ge	Dec 31, 2015 19:22	227401
1	NOT BLOODY LIKELY [123 words]	UNCLE VLADDI	Dec 31, 2015 17:55	227398
3	Irony: UAE building on fire [123 words]	Leon Kushner	Dec 31, 2015 16:02	227394
	Hotel fire in Dubai [81 words]	dhimmi no more	Jan 2, 2016 11:34	227394
1	Prayers and gender, oil wealth and hypocritical behavior [148 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Jacques Hadida	Dec 31, 2015 15:43	227393
5	Why Is The UAE So Sane? [121 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Dave	Dec 31, 2015 13:01	227392
3	Their Foreign Investment Advisors Will Also Leave [116 words]	UNCLE VLADDI	Dec 31, 2015 18:04	227392
	Its a mirage [82 words]	Anon	Jan 1, 2016 20:53	227392
	Very interested in a follow-up article [13 words]	John in Michigan, USA	Jan 2, 2016 17:42	227392
	Even Singapore Is Repressive [67 words]	Dave	Jan 3, 2016 17:34	227392
	Singapore not a police state, but rather an authoritarian, well rigged true or faux democracy that works [188 words]	Mike Conlon	Jan 5, 2016 02:23	227392
	cherry picked [51 words]	interested	Apr 5, 2016 03:35	227392