July 10, 2003
IT'S ALL ABOUT ...
Australia’s latest colonialist invasion can only be about one thing. Gareth Parker has the scoop.
Posted by Tim Blair at July 10, 2003 01:38 AMNo blood for fish!
Let's just let people get killed over there because we sell a lot of stuff to their country and so to intervene would be imperialistic.
Bloody trade. People buying products they want from people who want to sell them. The nerve!
Posted by: Gabor at July 10, 2003 at 02:29 AMSure, you can overthrow the Japanese tyrants in an illegal war, without the big thumbs-up from the UN Security Council, but can you win the PEACE? We need more troops on the ground. FDR tricked us into that war with his Tonkin Gulf/Pearl Harbor/Day-o-Infamy talk. And the coconut looting! The holy fucking horror of it all!
Posted by: LB at July 10, 2003 at 05:44 AM"Australia already dominates the Solomon Islands, being one of the largest exporters into that economy," she said.
Yes Australia has been 'exporting' lots lately. Aid money to the tune of over $150 million in the last three years. We are such exploitive bastards!
Posted by: Robin Wade at July 10, 2003 at 12:49 PMAre there any whales there ? I want to hunt whale and sell the blubber.
Posted by: d at July 10, 2003 at 04:58 PM