People do not see the difference between:
a) Being on the brink of war with Russia, a hostile entity which has been so all my life.
b) Being on terms of amity and alliance with the UAE. Which has always been our 'friend' insofar as any country is.
Either they are thick, or they have an agenda.
That the UAE has human rights issues I don't question, but so do most countries, including ours. We have relations and alliances with all manner of dodgy regimes, that is realpolitik. You cannot just trade and ally with nice guys, there aren't enough of them. The USA is our chief ally, and as far as human rights go is as dodgy as fuck. I could go on, but it would be tedious.