UAE wants to be America's Best Friend

According to the website of the United Arab Emirates in Washington DC, the Gulf state and the US have shared interests and common values, and work together to promote regional security, create economic prosperity and address pressing global challenges.

However, Abu Dhabi plays a key role in Sudan’s devastating war, backing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary, which is accused of multiple atrocities - yet Washington, the self-declared leader of the free world, has done nothing to rein in its ally.

A five-member panel of UN experts has presented convincing evidence of the UAE's complicity in fuelling the flames of Sudan's 17-month war. So why hasn’t the US used its considerable leverage to compel the UAE to stop weapons shipments to the rampaging RSF?

The explanation could lie in a revealing admission by retired UAE Air Force general Abdullah Al Hashmi, who said that the Gulf state desires to be America’s ‘best friend,’ on a par with Israel.

This, of course, only serves Washington’s interests in the region too well. As always, principles go out of the window when it suits the US.