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[Capt. Henry Morgan]

Some parts of the middle east are capitalist and dominate the oil industry plus have there own royal families. I doubt such people in the Sol Wars would have turned to the Side of the Coalition!
Just dont fit

Consider the following scenario:

In the mid-21st century, the last major deposits of middle eastern oil have been drained. Every major economy has shifted to other means of energy production, leaving formerly wealthy oil barons destitute. With the last major economic resource in the region drained, the west turns it's eyes away from the middle east, and slowly the region slides into chaos, as western-supported governments collapse, one by one.

After decades of fighting between various Islamic fundamentalist militias, the people become weary of the constant fighting, and begin to turn towards a more moderate socialist party. A single charismatic leader rises to the leadership of the party, and slowly begins to unite the region under one banner.

With the capitalist west no longer interested in the middle east, the party's leader turns to the newly reconstituted Soviet Union for assistance. The Soviet Union, short on allies, agrees and begins to send military and economic aid to the region. Within a decade and a half, the middle east starts to settle into a more peaceful state, and support for the islamic militias starts to fall away at an accelerated rate.

Within two decades after that, the middle east is firmly and proudly under the rule of a Communist government, and is a loyal member of the new Coalition.

See? A bit of a stretch, maybe, but not that far-fetched.

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