Foreign intervention
I have been observing with keen interest the political developments in Bangladesh over the last 30 years. I was there on Jan 11, 2006 and stayed a whole year. I was extremely disturbed by the blatant interference of the British, Americans, European Union countries in our domestic affairs.
I saw the news about former prime minister Hasina's meeting in Washington with a US Under Secretary. I think Hasina should have advised him to worry about the US election and not our election. There are many allegations of corruption and fixing the election in the US and they are telling us how we should conduct our elections.
People living in glass houses should not throw stones at others. We can never have a free and fair election as long as we are dependent on economic aid on these countries. I think the US should confine its attention to their election and fighting corruption in their economic system, rather than punishing other poor countries with the kind of democracy they have created in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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