What sucks before Oman became a British protectorate and colony.
They challenged the British and the Portuguese in East Africa and built themselves a trade empire.
That spanned from the gulf to east africa.
For years i always used to hear Oman praised by the west and its sultan praised. I couldnt understand the fetish the western worlds leaders and media had for Oman. But once i started to look into it, its because its still a british colony.
It reminds me of how when erdogan/ak party were in bed with Feto, nothing but positive media from the west. Erdogan and Turkey from the model for the Muslim world, once falling out with CIA owned feto turned into a dictatorship and Turkey was destabilising the entire region. Since that point nothing but negative western media against Turkey.
Only time western media praises a muslim majority state is when its owned by the west.