User blog comment:Mr.Xeight/Forum for the Federation of Greece in the Universe of 1983:Doomsday/@comment-2076280-20100830034111

You're underestimating nationalistic anti-colonialist sentiments. Both Libya and Egypt were colonies of European powers at one point and they greatly resent that era. Even if the situation was chaotic enough to increase their collective desperation to the point where they would accept Greek aid, as soon as their lives were stable and the area improved, nationalistic sentiments would increase drastically. For example, Ethiopia was greatly improved economically under Italian rule, but they constantly fought for their independence. The situation would be similar in Libya and Egypt because they were recently independent, as was Ethiopia. So, by 2005 at the latest, you'd be seeing mass protests in favor of independence. If you're going to treat Greece as an empire, you have to deal with all the problems that come with it.

Also, if the Copts still consider themselves Egyptian, they'd greatly favor independence or Egyptian rule to Greek rule, even if they were treated better by the Greeks. In the 1980s, nationalism in the Middle East was at an all time high. That wouldn't just go away. They still want to be part of Egypt, not a colony of Greece.