Gunwing wrote:IMHO If there was ever such a thing as the MEC they would have a wealth of power in the world. The Middle East has been for years, and still is the largest exporter of Oil in the world. If they chose a side the other nations would have to skim fuel costs and find other ways to get fresh oil and other fuels too the front lines of a war with them. On top of that the MEC would also be able to get their hands on just about anything they wanted and develop all the weapons, and vehicles they could ever need to wage war. Plus they would have a vary large amount of people to place in their military. Think about Iraq alone has enough people who are willing to lay down their lives for almost any reason and go to war over it, if you factor in Iran, Israel, and the other nations as well you would then have a land army that numbers not in the mere thousands, but in millions! The US, and GB would have no choice but to band together, as well as Russia, China, and Korea would all be vary happy to make friends with this new super power.
Most likely they would also find a way to enlist Egypt as well. We all know how in the 6 day war Egypt found the perfect way to make a net to keep fighters grounded for hours on end. If you factor in the vehicles and the combined might of each nation in the MEC both Egypt, Israel, and Iran stand out as major military powers, so they would supply the main bulk of not only troops, but also heavy vehicles, and weapons, places like Iraq, and Afghanistan would also bring a wealth of oil, huge weapons caches, and of course even more people into the fight, as well as a major wealth of knowledge of how to defend strong points, and wage War with small numbers of people, and low tech weapons.
Most likely the MEC Special Forces would be made up of War Lord leaders, and Insurgent specialists from Iraq, Afghanistan, and of course other non military powers in the middle east. They would be perfect for the job as well, they have a mastery of how to attack a target in large numbers and then fade away into under ground tunnels, and sewer systems of a city in mere seconds. They would also be perfect for ambushes, and raiding parties to keep the enemy off balance and of guard. The Military powers would bring to the table a major organized force. Israel would have the tech to keep on equal footing with the more modern nations like the US,GB, and France, while Iran, and Egypt would bring huge numbers of cheap easy to use tanks, aircraft, and of course a wealth of imported weapons, and light vehicles both advanced and perfect for attacking on the desert terrain which is mostly soft sand that would make heavy tanks sink under their own weight.
IMHO you would have an army, and a super power that could deal with almost any logistical problem out there in the world. But thats MHO.
Okay... Israel, Iran, Egypt, Iraq and Afghanistan would never be fighting along side each other. Especially Israel... the middle-east hates that country, most of them don't even acknowledge it's existence. You mention the six-day war, that whole conflict was started by an alliance of Arabic nations bent on the annihilation of Israel.
We've already mentioned the unlikely prospect of Iran working with an Arabic nation. And considering that the MEC speak Arabic, it sort of implies that Iran may not be part of the MEC (at least not willingly).
I can't see Iraq and/or Afghanistan working against the allied forces considering that we've already got troops in each country.
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If anything, my story would be that the MEC are originally a band of Arabic nations, possibly under a
supranational (
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RANGERS LEAD THE WAY!!!
Do not post stupid suggestions just because you had a bad round in PR 