UAE Skips Khamenei Funeral, Opts For America 250 Flyover Instead
This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.
That's not a subtle signal, that's a country picking a side in broad daylight. The UAE had a funeral to attend in Tehran and instead sent planes to paint the sky red, white, and blue over New York for America's 250th. You don't schedule that by accident.
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The United Arab Emirates made its position very clear over the July Fourth weekend, opting to skip the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral in Iran in favor of a red, white, and blue flyover for America 250 celebrations in New York City.
NBC News showed footage of the flyover, which featured the United Arab Emirates
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That's not a subtle signal, that's a country picking a side in broad daylight. The UAE had a funeral to attend in Tehran and instead sent planes to paint the sky red, white, and blue over New York for America's 250th. You don't schedule that by accident.
For years the foreign policy class told us the Gulf states were hedging, playing both ends, keeping Tehran close enough to manage the risk. Maybe that was even true once. But hedging doesn't look like this. Hedging doesn't skip the funeral of a man who ran the region's chief troublemaker for three and a half decades to go throw a flyover for America's birthday instead.
Say what you want about the Abraham Accords era of Gulf diplomacy, it built something real. Trust isn't built through communiques, it's built through moments like this one, where a country had an easy, safe, low-cost option to stay neutral and chose not to take it.
Iran's regime just lost its longest-serving leader. One of its neighbors marked the occasion by throwing a party for America. That tells you plenty about where the region actually thinks the wind is blowing.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.