Did the US government constantly work to destroy Bangladesh using taxpayer-funded plans? Former US State Department established Mike Benz has made esoteric says that USAID and affiliated groups plotted to destabilize the Bangladeshi authorities in an effort to secure American corporate objectives.
Change of the government for a military center?
Speaking about US foreign policy organizing, Benz laid out a hypothetical—but oddly specific—scenario:” This say it is vital to US regional interest to create a military base in Bangladesh to counter China, but the Bangladeshi Prime Minister refuses. Therefore, our external coverage analysts decide that a regime change is required.
Benz explained that when such a decision is made,” all alternatives to destroy the nation” come into play. These range from funding opposition forces to planning a colour revolution, a reference to earlier US-backed upheavals where leaders were ousted and often frightened in helicopters.
Stolen documents: Destabilization plan in action
Benz also explained, according to leaked documents published by The Grayzone, US agencies, including the National Endowment for Democracy ( NED), worked to “destabilize Bangladesh’s politics” —a direct quote from the documents. After unsuccessfully attempting to bring the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( BNP ) to power, the International Republican Institute ( IRI), one of NED’s political branches, has submitted a plan to the State Department for 2019-20.
The technique involved recruiting-
- 170 pro-democracy protesters
- 304 key sources
- ethnic and cultural divides that could be abused
- Majority groups, LGBT communities, and pupil protest
Weaponizing Rap song to fire demonstrations?
In one of the more intriguing disclosures, Benz claimed that Bangladeshi music groups were funded by US taxpayer funds to create protest songs. The purpose? Promote street demonstrations marketed as “peaceful protests,” which frequently turn into protests.
” One music was designed to cultivate hatred against the sitting state, another was meant to make people disdain their frontrunners”, Benz explained. Therefore, using their clever marketing, these songs helped pupils who had already been protesting local political issues, causing more conflict on the ground.
Gentle power or subtle collapse?
The most effective way to stoke unrest were determined by the IRI’s initial evaluation. Benz noted that these techniques frequently rely on unimportant aspects of society. ” This is how we end up funding extremists, separatists, thieves, and even prostitutes in the name of soft power prediction”, he said.
Bigger image: US influence operations worldwide
Although Benz did not express any opinions on the ethics of these activities, his statements offer a perplexing view of US foreign policy. If correct, they expose how politics promotion efforts does, in fact, serve as tools for program change, shaping governments to coincide with US corporate goals.
