Martin Everson said:
There is a big difference between other countries and UAE. UAE is not a transparent place
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I know, we all know why a lot of expats are in the UAE and it's not because of it's transparency, UAE is as transparent as golf ball in a mud pool.
Martin Everson said:
and I don't know if you know anything about Gulf culture but the police force and military are historically complete cowards and no one is coming to try and help or save you as a guest of the emirates if things go pear shaped over there.
In UAE, which is nothing more than a third world country with stable electricity and glitzy buildings, good luck finding help from those desert nomads in a crisis.....lol. The Sheiks will be in their second homes in West London before a conflict even starts and those in military who are not foreign mercenaries will run for their lives just like Dubai rulers Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum ex-wife ns2.
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I mean what do you expect when most of your citizens are wealthy and most just join the military for the status, that's why you have Sudanese mercenaries work for the UAE, but the difference is that they do it out of need to provide for their families, they have no other choice.
and no, you will 100% get help from the UAE if s**t happens, but it won't be from the sheikhs, it will be from the south east Asians who work in these positions, and just like the sudanese - they will stay because they need to provide for their families. I can't disagree though that bin zayed and the rest of the crew will be chilling somewhere in Knightsbridge.
Martin Everson said:
At least in US and EU they have search and rescue and people that will run to an incident to try and help you.
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In the US, it doesn't help when you have an active shooting situation, and no thank you, I wouldn't like any help from the US police. US firefighters and EMS are fine, but I don't like some a*****e trying to make me dance around with confusing orders while I'm laying around anxious and injured, and would probably shoot first if I make any sudden mistake, the US police are a joke of a force.
and for some Americans, specially new Yorkers, yeah, I wouldn't expect any help from them.
For the EU, I agree that they will help, but again won't help much when a suicide bomber want to give you a warm hug.
Martin Everson said:
Also if explosions start going off in Dubai in random spots zero tax is not worth losing your life over.
Your average Joe is not gonna want to live in a tax free war zone. Dubai is within spitting distance of Iran and UAE in general is no match for Iran and its drones and ballistic missiles. Not even the Saudi's could stop drone attacks on their oil facilities and US is not gonna wanna step in to help either of them other then sell them some more weapons.
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I don't disagree, as I said earlier, my point was that these are individual events and your average Joe won't be affected by it that much, but if the UAE turned into the next Iraq of course no one will live on it
Martin Everson said:
P.S Its all hypothetical and highly unlikely there will ever be conflict as its a 100% sure loss for the UAE militarily and economically within 48hrs.
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True.
Last edited: Jan 19, 2022
