"The UAE has crafted a relationship with the United States that is very much to the benefit of the UAE, but much to the detriment of US foreign policy and our national interests,” says the former state department official. “If you actually dig into it, all the stuff about the benefits to the US of the UAE relationship is amorphous, intangible vapour,” the official adds" #weaponized_interdependence https://t.co/69Pm2BVCXP