Minor Civilzations

I dont remember if it was on GalCiv 2 or 3 but a feature I would like to see return to GalCiv 4 is the ability to have minor civs attack Factions through diplomacy. I only play on the largest map settings and eventually it becomes too tedious to track down and attack the AI everywhere so I like to delegate this job to my Allies and Minor Civs. I mass produce warships and gift them through diplomacy. I used to be able to arm minor civs. I want this to return.