After obtaining suzerainty over the Pirate Coast, what did the East African government—or rather, Ernst—most want to do? The answer was naturally to carry out a major purge of the local indigenous forces. As typical colonial states, East Africa and the United States were no different in this regard.
"First, we must smoothly complete the transfer of authority over the Pirate Coast from the British, establish a strong foundation of rule there, and then seek opportunities to assimilate the local population," Ernst told the government members.
That was a rather tactful way of putting it. East African Black people had felt deeply what East Africa's standard of "assimilation" meant: either get lost, or be enslaved to death.
Yet the situation in the Persian Gulf region was far more complex than on the East African mainland, which meant the East African government could not act rashly for now. After all, Black people were not the kind of mute political force Arabs were.
One careless move, and East Africa might face the combined assault of political forces from the entire Arab world. Thus, brutal methods such as massacres were certainly not an option.
Of course, Pan-Arabism did not yet exist in this era. But based on Ernst's understanding of the local religious forces, if East Africa did this, then when Arab states settled old scores in the future and truly turned East Africa's colony in the Persian Gulf into something like Israel, the losses would outweigh the gains.
After all, Israel existed as a nail driven in by America and the Soviet Union to throw the Middle Eastern situation into chaos. Ernst intended to build the Persian Gulf colony into a stable oil and gas production base; the two were fundamentally different in nature.
Thus, Ernst said, "For the time being, the