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>The refugees from the previous wars are rarely meaningfully affiliated with Zeon beyond what Char can do for them.
Sweetwater is a refugee colony, his Neo Zeon is made up of angry refugees. He opens his speech addressing his men by reminding them that the Federation jerryrigged Sweetwater together from leftover colony parts to stick refugees in and refused to let them stay on Earth. The entire reason they're fighting is just revenge for being kicked off the planet they wanted to live on.