Cocky solicitations may come to nought

It is now May 2009. 2 years ago in May 2007, I made some predictions. I did not realise then how true these would become.

But in the meantime, It is interesting to see diplomacy at work, as per this article from the Australian.

I was wondering why Voreqe has been strutting about like a peacock lately.

Word is that he thinks China will just write him blank cheques whenever he asks cos China is such the new bestest friend.

I am no political expert but I know enough to appreciate that this is a good example of just how no man is an island.

When it comes to the crunch, China will value Australia's word more because it is Australia that has the goodies that China wants.

Fiji offers no more than an opportunity for Chinese Nationals to come and earn a living (courtesy of the string attached to the Chinese loans) , pilfer our fishing grounds, and perhaps a land grab if we, it's citizens, continue to stay complacent about the rape of our freedoms.

Chinese don't come here to lay on the beaches. They go to places that have casino's and present opportunities to make money.

So where is Frank going to get the money that he sorely needs to bribe his soldiers with and to pay the civil servants who run the machinery of government?

He is depending on the tourist dollar now, but with the local transit airline collapsing, tourists being chased out of their accommodation because of loud police crusades and criminals targeting tourists, the use of FIU to spy on investors & citizens (all infringing privacy and targeting "state enemies") , the illegal & hostile takeover of every decent investment company in Fiji , luvequ's, it all looks to be unravelling and pilling quite rapidly just like Vore's fishnets.