The BNP activists are useless people. And like I said, small countries are unimportant for the US and it's logical for them. Business-wise, they don't make much sense to me.
It's really a matter of credibility of India. It'd be a mistake to assume that Bangladeshis are like the Nepalis. They have the urge to 'evolve'. To grow. We all have our little dreams. And Hasina badly needs support from the Bangladeshi public. It doesn't matter if India backs her or not.
Having an idea is one thing, but realizing it is another.
I suspect that Joy can very easily be tempted into the Chinese camp. It is only a matter of time. It can be safely said that the man is addicted to the power of money. But yet, in control unlike Tarek.
Thanks for this thread. It was very informative. I was always curious as to America's actual intentions here. It's hard to read them unlike Indians. And of-course, thanks to Mr. Riaz for the initiative.
Be careful Saiful Bhai. They are not dumb. Corrupt maybe, but certainly not dumb. They really know how to hold on to power no matter what. That was where Khaleda Zia failed.
The US GDP is around 17 trillion, Bangladesh around 170 billion, so the US economy just about 100 times bigger than Bangladesh, we are a tiny 1% of their GDP. Also, you should see state GDP's:
List of U.S. states by GDP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Our country is about the size of Iowa and our GDP is also similar to Iowa, population, 3.1 million.
Whether Bangladesh exists or not matters little to the US.
We provide some sweat shop cheap labor for some US companies, but if we don't, there are many other cheap labor countries that can do this job.
The main concern for the US in Bangladesh, a country of 160 million Muslims, is security and anti terrorism, they don't want another Yemen where they have to chase AQ with drones and spend resources for this activity. India and Awami League beautifully meshed their plan into these US concerns when Gen Moeen gave them an opening. Gen Moeen was promoted by Khaleda Zia bypassing some senior generals at the suggestion of Moeen's classmate Iskander, Khaleda's brother. Now guess what, this Moeen guy was in Khaled Mosharraf's coup attempt, I believe participating in it as a young officer. Somehow he escaped pole vaulting a boundary wall and saved his skin. So if his background was checked carefully, Khaleda and sons could easily figure this guy out, but dumb as they are, they dug their own grave. And then India and Awami League did the rest.
From then on till now, India and Awami League I believe has convinced the US that it is better for secular's like them to be in power to keep Islamism and terrorism in check in Bangladesh. Killing of secular bloggers, occasional bomb blasts, creation of so called terror groups like JMB, HUJI, ABT, AQ in South Asia taking credit for activity in Bangladesh - you can connect the dots, and see who gets benefited from all this. So terrorism even if its nonexistent here in our parts, might be a manufactured problem, just so some people can justify their rule, get more funds, goodies from the US and what not.
In any case, Khaleda I believe is history, only the last chapter is remaining, which I am waiting to see how she handles it and close the curtain and ends an era in Bangladesh politics, which is emergence of BNP and its subsequent demise. Then all of us can say Alhamdulillah and join Awami League en masse, the only remaining party in Bangladesh, just like the Communist party in China. A true BAKSAL era has arrived and we should embrace it with open arms.
