Right the whole conflict UAE has with Saudis is they support Islamists who do stuff like that, which destabilizes the region. That's a good battle to have play

Right the whole conflict UAE has with Saudis is they support Islamists who do stuff like that, which destabilizes the region. That's a good battle to have play out IMO. The fact a power player is even taking that position is pretty great, despite UAEs own flaws and meddling. Ultimately that clash is still very different than Iran being a self destructive pariah state funding only terrorism and destroyting their own economy through (often socialist) mismanagement.