Blinken's Apology Tour

The Biden administration shouldn’t be apologizing to the UAE for being too slow in catering to their wishes.

The Biden administration seems to be unclear on who the patron is in this patron-client relationship:

Secretary of State Tony Blinken apologized to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed last month for the U.S. response to January's Houthi attacks against the United Arab Emirates, two sources briefed on the issue tell Axios.

It is bad enough that the U.S. rushed its own forces to the UAE to help protect them against attacks that their war on Yemen provoked, but to then apologize to their government for not responding even more quickly is truly pitiful. The U.S. is under no obligation to come to the UAE’s aid when it is attacked, and it has been a mistake for the Biden administration to continue arming and protecting the UAE while it supports proxies in Yemen and occupies Yemeni territory. The UAE remains a party to the war on Yemen, no matter what its lobbyists and advocates say to the contrary.

The UAE is a regional aggressor, and it has spent the last several years carving up parts of Yemen for itself.