Many of the world’s revolutions and freedom movements are nothing more than fabricated narratives and made-up tales. Imperial Britain, and later America, have used their power and resources to topple regimes and install countless leaders of their own choosing. Those so-called history books you read—full of stories about this or that nation’s independence, revolution, or “Islamisation”—and the endless philosophers and scholars praised for shaping minds, are often just half-truths, one-sided tales, and pure fiction. Behind almost all of them lies a “regime change” operation run by powers like America, Britain, and France. Then, to support that operation, they deploy literature, media, religion, mullahs, pandits, priests, mujahideen, ghazis, and others—sometimes even creating these figures from scratch when needed. Before handing the baton of global “caliphate” to America, the British also passed on the blueprint of this regime change operation that they mastered all through their imperialistic rule and hegemony. From Venezuela to Iran the story narrates similar old dialogues with technological aggression.
Tailoring and Crafting of States :
Many of the world’s celebrated revolutions and freedom movements are, upon closer examination, little more than constructed narratives and invented stories designed to serve broader geopolitical interests. Imperial powers such as Britain and, subsequently, the United States have repeatedly leveraged their influence and resources to engineer coups d’état and install compliant leaders. A prime example lies in the decline and partition of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. The secret Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 divided Ottoman Arab lands into British and French spheres of influence, carving up regions like Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine without regard for ethnic or religious realities. This was compounded by the Balfour Declaration of 1917, in which Britain pledged support for a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine, facilitating Zionist settlement and laying groundwork for future conflicts, including the establishment of Israel in 1948.
To weaken the Ottomans, Britain actively supported the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) against Ottoman rule, promising Arab independence through the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence while secretly planning colonial mandates. Figures like T.E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”) coordinated with Arab leaders such as Sharif Hussein and his son Faisal, providing arms and strategy to disrupt Ottoman supply lines. Yet these promises were betrayed post-war, with Arab lands bifurcated under the League of Nations mandate system—Britain controlling Iraq, Palestine, and Transjordan; France taking Syria and Lebanon—sowing seeds of enduring instability.
Changes are Dictated and Designed
The history textbooks that recount tales of national independence, revolutions, or religious transformations—often amplified by philosophers and scholars portrayed as intellectual architects—are frequently partial truths, selective accounts, or outright fabrications. Behind most such events lies a deliberate “regime change” operation orchestrated by Western powers like the United States, Britain, and France. Britain also promoted and allied with Wahhabism to advance Anglo-American interests. By backing Ibn Saud and his Wahhabi forces—through treaties like the 1915 Anglo-Saudi agreement and subsequent support—Britain helped Ibn Saud conquer rivals, including the Hashemites, leading to the establishment of Saudi Arabia in 1932. This alliance countered Ottoman influence and secured oil-rich territories, with Wahhabi ideology harnessed to fragment Muslim unity while serving imperial goals.
Similar orchestration is evident in the 1947 Partition of India, where Britain’s hasty withdrawal and arbitrary border-drawing by Sir Cyril Radcliffe displaced 15 million people and killed over a million in communal violence, creating India and Pakistan amid engineered religious divisions.
To sustain these operations, they deploy supportive literature, media campaigns, religious rhetoric, and figures—mullahs, pandits, priests, mujahideen, or ghazis—sometimes fabricating these actors entirely when necessary.
American Hegemony Following British Footprints
When Britain recognized its impending decline, it strategically architected the emerging world order. Through over more than a century of meticulous planning, it redrew political geographies in advance. Regions requiring specific leaders or governance systems were preemptively seeded with tailored individuals and institutions. Before transferring global hegemony to the United States, Britain provided a comprehensive blueprint encompassing capitalism, communism, the Islamic world, and religious ideologies. This included guidelines on sustaining controlled levels of unrest, conflicts of varying intensities under designated names, and political divisions across regions and continents. Accordingly, regimes were altered, circumstances manipulated, events staged, and rulers positioned as required.
Our generations have borne witness to these patterns. The promotion of Wahhabism and the Afghan conflict were orchestrated from external centers, as declassified documents later revealed U.S. support for mujahideen groups in the 1980s to counter Soviet influence. Territorial disputes between nations were perpetuated, and political systems overturned via coups—many backed by Western intelligence. We observed the U.S.-Soviet Cold War proxy battles, interventions in Palestine, Kashmir, Vietnam, the 1979 Iranian Revolution (initially tolerated by the West before shifting to containment), Iraq, Syria, Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Central Asia—spectacles of violence that inspired historians to craft heroic narratives sold globally. Yet the underlying reality was that dominant powers and blocs meticulously planned and executed these from inception to conclusion.
Declassified records substantiate this: the 1953 CIA-MI6 coup in Iran (Operation Ajax) overthrew Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh to protect oil interests; the 1954 Guatemala operation ousted Jacobo Árbenz; and numerous Cold War-era interventions in Latin America and beyond followed similar patterns.
Regime Change Operations in M.E
Today, as of early January 2026, the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran appears increasingly besieged by the very forces that once indirectly facilitated its rise—now through sustained sanctions, proxy pressures, and exploitation of internal discontent. Protests that began in late December 2025 over economic collapse have spread to over 110 cities, with at least 36 deaths reported by human rights groups, thousands arrested (including minors), and security forces using live ammunition. Demonstrations feature calls for regime change, including pro-Pahlavi slogans, amid internet disruptions and reports of Iraqi militias assisting suppression.
Clouds of devastation loom over the Middle East, with fragile ceasefires in Gaza holding tenuously post-2023–2025 war, ongoing strife in Yemen (Houthi resilience despite strikes), and Syria’s post-Assad transition marked by sectarian tensions and foreign interventions. From Asia to Europe, a pervasive fog of hesitation and unpredictability prevails, fueled by economic stagnation, energy crises, and geopolitical realignments. Remarkably, at subtle signals from the U.S. or West, mass mobilizations emerge—and subside—in various nations. Media frames events around local leaders or parties, yet the true orchestrators remain anonymous, operating from the shadows.
(writer N.A.Moomin)
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