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Solomon Sogavare - capcom - 05-04-2022
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-04/solomon-islands-manasseh-sogavare-criticises-west-praises-china/101038296
Well well well ... anything to say albanese? Feel like a clown?
Re: Solomon Sogavare - Mav - 05-04-2022
Just remind me, who were the PM, the foreign affairs minister & the defence minister? Were they Labor people? Maybe those 3 should have seen this coming and done something about it. I can almost hear their excuses: "that isn't my job".
Re: Solomon Sogavare - ElwoodBlues1 - 05-04-2022
(05-04-2022, 09:58 AM)capcom link Wrote:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-04/solomon-islands-manasseh-sogavare-criticises-west-praises-china/101038296His people don't agree with him but try voting him out when the polling station is a Chinese army base.
Well well well ... anything to say albanese? Feel like a clown?
Current affair had a segment on him tonight and it's a clear threat to Pacific security with Townsville seen as a military target given it would be a military base for our forces.
Disgraceful views on Ukraine and he is just singing from the Xi song book of world politics. He needs removing and that agreement with China torn up.
Re: Solomon Sogavare - Mav - 05-04-2022
You realise that singing from the Xi songbook is part of the deal (and given the partnership with no limits with Russia, that involves being pro-Putin)? The idea was to prevent the deal from happening.
Re: Solomon Sogavare - ElwoodBlues1 - 05-04-2022
(05-04-2022, 11:01 AM)Mav link Wrote:You realise that singing from the Xi songbook is part of the deal (and given the partnership with no limits with Russia, that involves being pro-Putin)? The idea was to prevent the deal from happening.You realize there was no chance of the deal not happening given China had bought out Sogavare and his ministers not just with money but with the promise of keeping him in power.....not Liberal , not Labor was going to stop this going through unless Sogavare was removed from office but he was already touring China in 2019 setting the wheels in motion. The USA sat back and did nothing....the Solly Islands will now have a nice new airstrip to land those Chinese J20's on and a brand new sports stadium to learn about drug cheating at the Olympics.
They already have a foothold in Solomon islands business and mining their resources, sadly its too late as expansionist China have won this battle. The only way is a military coup like Fiji had before China get their military sorted on the islands........
Re: Solomon Sogavare - capcom - 05-04-2022
(05-04-2022, 11:01 AM)Mav link Wrote:You realise that singing from the Xi songbook is part of the deal (and given the partnership with no limits with Russia, that involves being pro-Putin)? The idea was to prevent the deal from happening.
You realise that his lust for money and power overrode any possible maintenance of an alliance with what Australia might have been able to provide? You realise he's just played off the Yuan against the Australian dollar and destroyed a decades long friendship?
The Robert Mugabe of the South Pacific.
Re: Solomon Sogavare - ElwoodBlues1 - 05-04-2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmp51YN-7wc
Just another day in Honiara....
Re: Solomon Sogavare - Mav - 05-04-2022
So, it's another case of things that can't be blamed on Slomo. Pity Labor wasn't in power so you could go on about how the pinkos in power allowed China to waltz right into our backyard.
Re: Solomon Sogavare - Professer E - 05-05-2022
It happened on his watch. Sounds like at least one government department was asleep at the wheel.
Re: Solomon Sogavare - Lods - 05-05-2022
If folks think this is a recent problem that could have been resolved with a bit of an intervention in the last year or two they should probably have a bit of a look at the Solomon Island history over the last thirty years.
There have been deep divisions in the country between different island groups.
Sogavare has far from universal support.
There has been Chinese influence (including bribery) for many years resulting in a lot of anti-Chinese feeling.
Sogavare has always been a bit anti Australian and pro Chinese.
He resented the presence of Australian and New Zealand forces way back in the early 2000's
His government withdrew recognition of Taiwan a few years back.
The place is basically rooted, despite a lot of intervention from regional countries in attempts to restore order.
The troubles will only get worse...so put in that position who do we think Sogavare will call on to help him retain his position and maintain order.
It's a complex situation, and has been a long while in developing than just the last year or two.