Date: April 28th, 2026 6:54 PM Author: magenta scourge upon the earth
Doubtful, UAE's leadership has long been a fan of deep geopolitical strategies like backing the RSF rebel group in Sudan because they thought Sudan's government was too Islamist. They have also been big players in Yemen.
They want to be the undisputed leaders of the secular Middle East and are happy to have a close alliance even with Israel to accomplish that.
This guy should be more well-known than he is. It's becoming increasingly clear he's trying to re-make the traditional political order in the Middle East.