OT : Australian intervention in Solomon Islands

[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by Baron Grazic:
From one of Deccan's comments, it looks like I could be, as an Australia tax payer...

It does sort of have that stink that colonial interventions used to have.

The mine companies move in and then begin to suffer from local unrest. A few people die and
next thing you know, some guys in red jackets are protecting your brand new governor. All this
and more out of the kindness of the crown.

Now if there were snake eating advisors and strange companies providing un-needed services.
Then I would be looking closer to home