<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(U-Boat Commander David @ May 28 2006, 08:00 PM) [snapback]232822[/snapback]</div>
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A Question: Do any of you ever got far into the game "Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator"?
I always loose wars, or get nuked after a few months! :wallbash:
Do someone Has a few tips for me? 
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I am an expert. What do you want to know?
EDIT: a couple of general tips, but it would be much easier to answer in specific questions.
Egypt is your main enemy in terms of numbers. If you see at first (B or shift+B depending on the version of the game) that month by month your relationship with Egypt is getting worse, try to get better relationship with Libya as soon as possible. If Egypt sees that you manage to have very good relationships, it might delay any declaration of war.
Lebanon and Jordan can be easily dealt with as far as you are not already at war vs Syria or Egypt.
Since there is only one way to win the game (all your neighbours to be neutralised one way or another) if you find a good opportunity to destroy one, do it, but, not if you are already going to a war with another country soon.
One cheap way to deal with other countries is to see if they are going into war. One of the best tactics to deal with Syria for example is to see if it is ready to go to war with anyone else, hopefuly Iraq. If they are, then quickly place troops in your common borders so that they are forced to place troops tehre too. That way even if you decide to no attack, you are forcing them to have fewer troops in their border with the other country. That way, if you can afford to do it, you can increase your troop levels to much superior numbers and quickly invade and kill them while they are fighting on another front. Still, be careful to time your diplomatic actions or else you might not be able to attack soon enough. Still, if either of the other sides already has nukes, your first priority is to destroy their facilities BEFORE they start nuclear explosion tests. If that happens, you better focus on your plan C, which is the destabilization of the enemy from the inside with supporting insurgents.
In terms of equipment, always get an early warning system as soon as possible in the game. It will save your behind. Do not underestimate the power of the light tanks. For a major war you will need at a minimum about 1000 of them. Also, try to purchase equipment at large numbers and not a few at a time. Better (if there is not urgency) to buy them once a year, right after the aid from the USA.
If you have plenty of units for your military ) 500+ AAA, 250+ Aircraft, 2500+ MBTs, 1000+ Light tanks, 200+ Helis and at least 7 infantry brigades, try to keep your money IF you know you are very soon going to war (less than 6 months). Then the turn before the fighting starts, buy mainly MBTs followed by planes and helis, in large quantities. That way when you will need to reinforce the front with everything you got, you will achieve a very strong surprise punch to the enemy.
Try to buy from the private dealer from time to time, and try to achieve good relations with him so in case of an embargo you are not stuck with buying just MBTs from him.
Do not forget to have strategic bombers. At least 15 is a good number. Apart from the direct military damage, they can save you in other cases...
Develop nukes.
Get rid of the Palestinian problem as soon as possible. Other countries WILL fund and influence the Palestinians to cause you trouble, which can be from minor disturbances, to having to deploy part of your army, to even throwing your govermnet down. If you get rid of the problem by agreeing as soon as possible to a palestinian homeland, much of the internal problems are a no problem for you for a long time. But not for ever... That is the easy way to deal with it of course, you can try to keep the land, and the problem, but be careful, it might not be very easy.
Anyway, I know the game a lot, almost as much as I know Colonial Conquest (my favourite game of all time), so if you want to know anything about i, just ask me.