I think my main suspicion with Shaddiq is it still seems fundamentally rooted in profiteering. While we still don't know what the "war partitioning" exactly is (so this is somewhat speculative, I could be totally wrong!), if it's some structure where war profiteering has been standardized through defense conglomerates each getting a share of the pie, then it feels closer to opening a new revenue stream by arming Earth. I mean, my read is this is far closer to some neoliberal company being like "there's a whole new market in under-developed country we can get into!", at least in terms of what he's actually doing.

I mean, if Shaddiq is actually a class traitor then that's good, but it's not like he is going to Earth to fight (or sending his harem to go do praxis. Remember, Sabina and Renee both had to job to Norea). I'm going to remain very suspicious until we see Shaddiq actually fighting for Earthians directly. His vibe still feels way more like the CIA funding some random group hoping to sell more guns than an actual revolutionary. I'll eat crow if I'm wrong, but I don't trust the dude, especially after how he got owned by BEST EARTH GIRL CHUCHU in the duel in S1. Guy is always looking out for himself- his trust is a one way street, so DoF needs to trust him as far as they can throw him.

Ultimately, I feel like the fact that DoF has had to involve themselves in an internal Benerit Group power struggle feels like the most obvious tell that something isn't right. When do we see real revolutionaries going over to decide who wins between Lockheed and Raytheon? I just think that if this is the vanguard, it's going about things ass-backwards. Ochs Earth was the actual possible solution (Earthian-made arms), but they got fucked. So while obviously DoF has to get guns where they can, I just don't trust the executives from the equivalent of Raytheon to keep their word for the proletariat, even if one of them is half Earthian. I doubt he wants power for Earthians, just himself.