IN the same way that the Irish Republican Army (IRA) was a terrorist group, and Liberatore Quebec was a terrorist group and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE or Tamil Tigers) ARE a terrorist group, each in their own country, so too is Bainimarama and his military junta terrorists in theirs. It is time we led the free world to do something about it.

I’m not suggesting we’re there yet, but am interested in where we might be heading.

So NZ’s interest in Fiji is in seeing that it doesn’t sell its fish to China? I’m scratching my head, but can’t for the life of me see how Fijian fishery policy would be a foreign affairs issue for NZ. But if it is, then should the fishery policy of every other country on the planet also be reason to involve ourselves in their affairs?

I assume that you’re taking the piss here. The EU is a supernational government organisation with courts, a constitution, a parliament, a set of laws that are binding on member countries, a set of leaders, and treaties. Whereas the Commonwealth is a chatfest and some games every four years. BRIC isn’t even that… it is an informal term for “developing countries” and a single summit of developing country leaders. And SEATO was dissolved back in the 1970s.

I’d be quite happy for NZ to pull out of the Commonwealth. It costs us money, if only for our PM or Foreign Minister to fly to regular meetings. And the benefits to NZ of regular meetings with Cameroon, Antigua, St Lucia, and Gambia are nil. I don’t see the point of an international games that selects its competitors from a subset of countries. Why compete against the Seychelles, Namibia, Jamaica, and and Kiribati but exclude the US, Germany, and Russia?… It is just an odd idea. If the point is just to have a fun time playing sport, then why not open it up to anyone who cares to attend, regardless of country of origin, like the Arafura Games does?

Kiwipolitico??

Oh yeah, we’ll get objective reports there for sure.

For fuck’s sake. Are you serious????

I give up on you Reid.

All that money props up the military junta, so stay away.

How?

[DPF: The Internet]

Pablo’s got a good post on it at KiwiPolitico.

It was a principle that was well applied when the media were true to their craft.

Nowadays, with ‘advocacy’ journalism being the norm, and with the industry over flowing with partisan propagandists, liars, traitors and globalists of the leftist persuasion, I’m not so sure.

There’s many a journalist writing in NZ who, if their bodies were swinging from Wellington lamp posts at the end of hemp rope, would be doing a lot more good for freedom.

Who is to know what is really going down in Fiji?

Well apparently, member nations of such organisations regard them with importance despite what you may think, david. The Commonwealth grouping is every bit as important to its members as ASEAN, SEATO, NATO, BRIC, the EU etc is to its members.

As for China, there’s been a proxy war for dominance in the Pacific waged for many years now, so far limited to chequebook diplomacy. This is not my opinion but a matter of record.

Just ignore them. As we ignore events in, say, Paraguay or Botswana or Madagascar.

I would note that the article relies on “unnamed” sources although does at least carry a government denial re. the shoot to kill policy.

It’s going to be a long hard road in Fiji unfortunately.