Spent a good amount of time over there. GCC states shitting on each other is real "pot, meet kettle" hypocrisy and nonsense. And yes, we have two massive bases in Qatar. We can play all of the GCC against each other, but I can say as bigoted as it sounds: all the GCC states are repulsive and US support of _any_ of them is yet another sign of the US government upholding the stability of its values at home by subverting access to those same values for others abroad.

It is like we are all in an ironic race to the bottom for who can be most ironic with "do what I say, not what I do."