How the US destroys, loots and destabilizes peaceful countries

 

How the US destroys, loots and destabilizes peaceful countries

By LB Thapa

The American strategy of destabilizing any sovereign nation is a well-thought-out and deadly blueprint, tested over time and executed successfully. It consists of four stages. The first stage involves economic blockade and isolation policies. When any country challenges the US dollar policy, that country is subjected to severe sanctions, trade bans, and asset freezes, crippling its economy. 

After this, when the citizens of that country are oppressed by scarcity and inflation, they become angry with their government. At this point, the second stage begins: information warfare and internal rebellion. Under the guise of media and non-governmental organizations, propaganda is spread internationally against that country’s strict political system. 

At this time, US intelligence agencies play a double game. On one hand, they work to turn peaceful protests into armed civil war by providing weapons and money to rebels. On the other hand, they internationalize the government’s efforts to suppress the rebellion by calling it a human rights abuse and create a pretext for foreign intervention. 

Then, when the country descends into civil war, the third stage involves direct military intervention under the pretext of democracy and human rights. Disregarding international law, they carry out airstrikes and assassinate the leader. 

After the assassination of the leader and airstrikes, this blueprint’s third and most dangerous stage was being applied to Iran, and now the fourth stage is to establish a puppet government in Iran. But a serious question arises here: In a country with a complex and rigid political structure like Iran, will this American blueprint succeed? 

In this episode, I will discuss this American blueprint for destroying Iran. Will Iran now descend into endless civil war? Will it face a catastrophic nuclear disaster? Today, I will have a special discussion on this. Looking at the events in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, Libya under Muammar Gaddafi, or Afghanistan, one thing becomes clear: this destroys societies. 

The devastation of Afghanistan and Yemen and the greed of the American Petrodollar Empire and military control clearly show how prosperous and independent nations are turned into ruins. In the tragic outcomes of various countries, we can see the same distinct American blueprint. 

Before 2003, Iraq was considered exemplary in the Middle East for its education and healthcare systems. Although Saddam Hussein was a harsh dictator, Iraq’s actual decline began when he made the courageous decision to sell Iraq’s vast oil for Euros instead of US dollars. This was a significant blow to the global monopoly of the US dollar. 

In retaliation, America invaded Iraq under the pretext of weapons of mass destruction, hanged Saddam, but did not bring democracy to Iraq. Instead, it led to sectarian violence, extreme instability, and the emergence of dangerous terrorist organizations like ISIS. 

Libya, Africa’s richest and most developed country, suffered a similar fate to Iraq. During Gaddafi’s rule, Libyan citizens enjoyed free education, healthcare, and petrol cheaper than water. But when Gaddafi proposed trading Africa’s valuable resources with a gold dinar instead of dollars, he became a target for America. 

In 2011, under the pretext of protecting human rights, NATO forces bombed Libya and brutally killed Gaddafi in the street. Today, Libya is a failed state, destroyed and in ruins. The country’s entire gold reserve was looted, and there is even a disturbing slave market where people are openly bought and sold for as little as a few hundred dollars. 

The devastation of Syria, however, was not due to the dollar but the politics of pipelines. When Syrian President Bashar al-Assad rejected a plan to lay a gas pipeline from Qatar to Europe, considering the interests of his ally Russia, Syria became a brutal arena for world powers. 

Using internal discontent as a weapon, America provided financial and military support to the rebels. As a result, a beautiful and historic country was caught in a devastating proxy war and torn apart. Today, millions of Syrians are homeless refugees, and the country is fragmented, while America still occupies fertile, oil, and wheat-rich regions, plundering resources. 

In Afghanistan, America delivered its greatest betrayal under the guise of nation-building for 20 years. Entering in 2001 claiming to fight terrorism, America claims to have spent trillions of dollars, but a large portion was not used for Afghanistan’s development but to enrich its own arms manufacturers and private security contractors. America spent trillions to establish an extremely weak and puppet government but failed to bring peace and stability to the people. 

After 20 years, when its interests were served, America abandoned Afghanistan. The scenes at Kabul airport, where people clung to the wheels of American military planes to save their lives and fell to their deaths, remain fresh in the world’s eyes. Besides killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people in 20 years of war, America achieved nothing in Afghanistan. 

Compared to other countries, the devastation of Yemen is especially painful because it is still happening before the world’s eyes. America did not directly deploy its troops to Yemen; instead, it provided deadly weapons and intelligence to its allies, primarily Saudi Arabia. 

It’s true that Yemen does not have oil or gold reserves like Iraq or Libya to loot, but this war is still beneficial for America. The conflict in Yemen is primarily a struggle for dominance between Houthi rebels and the Saudi-Iran-backed axis, but in this struggle for dominance, America sells its weapons. Simply put, Yemen’s instability has become profitable for America. 

Bombs made in America are mercilessly dropped on Yemen’s schools, hospitals, and markets. Today, Yemen faces the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Statistics show that every 15-20 minutes, a child dies due to hunger and disease. The arms trade has enriched American defense companies, but Yemeni citizens are forced to live a hellish life. 

Now the question arises: will Iran also enter the dark tunnel of destruction like Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, and Yemen? The American strategy of destabilizing any sovereign nation is a well-thought-out and deadly blueprint, tested over time. 

In Iran, where America has imposed severe economic sanctions for years, the standard of living has become extremely difficult. Using this economic crisis, inflation, and internal discontent as a medium, America and Israel are exploiting dissatisfaction and anger within Iranian society. 

America’s main objective is to turn Iranian citizens and the state system against each other, inciting internal bloodshed. Before attacking Iran, America is inciting and supporting rebel Iranian citizens, attempting to seize government property and overthrow the state. 

Now, if Iranian society falls into the American trap and starts fighting among themselves, and a peaceful transfer of power cannot occur in the absence of the Supreme Leader, then Iran’s fate might not differ much from those other ruined Middle Eastern nations. The real interest hidden behind such a destructive strategy is to hollow out Iran from within and gain control over its vast natural resources. 

The foreign occupation of Syria’s fertile oil fields, control over Iraq’s oil, and the looting of Libya’s gold reserves are living examples of this. Iran possesses the world’s largest reserves of oil and natural gas. 

A strong, united, and stable Iran is capable of protecting its own resources. But if the country gets caught in endless civil war, fragmented among various rebel groups and ethnic militias, then this battle will escalate from the display of power and psychological warfare to the direct use of missiles and weapons of mass destruction. 

And at that point, the most dangerous questions arise. If Iranian society remains united, it will be very difficult for Iran. 

Now here comes a frightening question: if that happens, will Iran conduct a nuclear test as a last resort for self-defense? When a country is cornered and external superpowers are using all their might to erase the nation’s existence, then Iran may have only one option left: nuclear testing. 

Just as Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Gaddafi in Libya abandoned their nuclear programs under Western pressure and were later destroyed, Iran will not make that mistake. Today, North Korea has shown the courage to take the risky decision of nuclear testing as an option to keep itself safe. 

Courtesy: This article was originally published in People's Review Weekly (https://peoplesreview.com.np/2026/04/01/how-the-us-destroys-loots-and-destabilizes-peaceful-countries/). 

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