Supporters of the opposition on Maidan Square in Kiev during the clashes between protesters and the police, Feb 19, 2014. Photo: Andrey Stenin/Sputnik.
USAID’s controversial activities – along with its partnerships with George Soros’ Open Society and similar entities – have been exposed in recent years by alternative journalists, making them increasingly difficult for the public to ignore, former US Marine Brian Berletic tells Sputnik.
Berletic suggests that has created the need for a rebranding aimed at protecting and streamlining the organization’s work.
He believes the ongoing reform seeks to “create a left-right and liberal-conservative divide in response to growing bipartisan opposition to US interference abroad.”
“By claiming these organizations are ‘bad’ because they are ‘liberal,’ the Trump administration can rebrand it as ‘conservative’ an ‘America first,’ bringing at least part of the American population back on board to support it and its activities,” Berletic explains.
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The pundit emphasizes that the USAID’s coup-plotting will continue, either under the auspices of other agencies or Geroge Soros’ global network of NGOs.
“Whether this regime change takes place under USAID, is transferred back to the CIA – which originally carried out the activities USAID assumed upon its creation – or the US begins depending more on private foundations including Open Society, the main point to understand is that it will continue nonetheless,” Berletic says.
He notes the US makes no secret of its plans to continue regime change operations against Iran, Venezuela and possibly even Panama.
The White House “isn’t even talking about the actual subject of foreign interference as an issue of USAID’s activities, and instead is complaining about wasteful programs connected to political wedge issues like ‘DEI’ [diversity, equity, and inclusion],” he says.
Ekaterina Blinova
Ekaterina Blinova is an independent political analyst, freelance journo.
