My point exactly. All sorts of personnae-non-grata or inadmissibles are able to transfer via airports in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Bahrain, Singapore, Hong Kong, etc. who are otherwise inelligible for one reason or another to enter the country that the airport sits on. It is an advantage that carriers such as Gulf Air have. It is good for business, and the business of doing business. Likewise, Gulf Air (or Bahraini MP's) shouldn't care too much if it is carrying sex-tourists to Bangkok, or people returning from Jeddah on Hajj or Umrah so long as they are buying tickets on GF, rather than on the competition.
Of course, dealing with real issues is too difficult in most parts of the world. That is why politicians, beit in Manama, beit in Washington, pull out the red-herrings, the low-hanging fruit, for political points.
