It is interesting the process of global realignment continues to evolve.  It is interesting that it is terrorism that has been the catalyst.  Former enemies become friends, and friends become enemies.  I would rather Russia was our friend instead of an enemy.  Why can't they be?  Sure the process will take time to build trust, but that is not in itself insurmountable.  Canadians fought shoulder to shoulder with the US in the first world war--not much more than a century after we fought against them.

  On the other hand, it is hard not to conjecture that the Dubai acton was not a more sophisticated form of Islamic extremism.  Considering the fact that Canadians use that base in the interests of Dubai, to wit, the fight over terror, it seems they are cutting off their nose to spite their face.  We have poured out blood out on the sands of Afghanistan so bring peace and stability to them, as well as other countries in the region.
 
This action is beyond being rash.  We are at war.  We will scramble successfully to reroute our flights. In any of the major world wars, this sort petulance would be seen as an act of war.  It affects our way of continuing to execute this war.  Dubai is now become another front of it.