Im sorry but america has been doing stuff like this for as long as its existed. What do you mean you dont recognise it?

The "democratic west" has been doing shit like this for a century already.

Saren and Benezia in particular. As a kid, Saren seemed more like just a context specific villain. As an adult, the fact that Saren is written in line with a broader "faux-pragmatic collaborationist worm" archetype that also appears in real life is a lot clearer