Holy shit the left-pad incident is both hilarious and scary.

I think the main redeeming quality of 2 is that the airflow from window to door will go over you as you sleep, which is important to some people.

dickheads

And then the carcarbinks breaks

Unlike Teddyhh I am just being poetic.

It is not the buildings, nor the individuals, but the land that is cursed.
It is the land of Adam and Eve who sinned against God, the home of Cain who murdered Abel, of Abraham whose hunger for divine power led him to almost sacrifice his own son, of Isaac who deceived his own father and betrayed his brother, and of Jacob who deserved nothing yet got everything through blind obedience.
It is the land of sin, murder, greed, lies, betrayal, and corruption.
It is the root of evil and the downfall of man.
It is a safe haven for demons whose true face has been revealed.
It is the land of the beast, the devil's kingdom come.

I know f-all about warfare and stuff so this was just my most logical conclusion based on the very little information/understanding I have on it all.

Isn't this just a strategic option to do the most damage that their ideology demands?
They want to punish the embodiment of western culture. The place they can do that with the highest efficacy is Dubai. High concentration of "corruption by western culture" and low defensive capabilities.

I don't know

And yet there are right and wrong choices