Sheikh Khalifa re-elected UAE president - It was a landslide. He got all 7 votes

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(AFP) – 2 hours ago

DUBAI — Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan was re-elected president of the United Arab Emirates for a second five-year term on Tuesday, the official news agency WAM announced.

The Supreme Federal Council, made up of the rulers of the seven emirates in the UAE, selected Sheikh Khalifa, 61.

He first rose to the presidency as oil-rich Abu Dhabi's ruler in 2004 on the death of his father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, who founded the Gulf state in 1971.

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1. If the US supports democracy, why does it support dictatorships like the UAE?

A lot of Arab folks ask this question a lot. People in Saudi Arabia ask themselves this question with respect to the House of Saud. Yet, there the US goes throwing billions in money at propping up these oligarchs.

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2. Here's a guess, and it's only a guess...

They spend like the proverbial drunken sailor on Washington's war toys like jets, bombers, missiles and such. If there's one thing in the world they are not lacking, it's US dollars.