So, the United States has provided a private jet to Pacific Islanders to play with and entice them to stay away from China.
This is how most people see it, and convincingly true.
Will the Solomon Islands also have equal and unbiased use of it?
Will the jet now be used to fly ministers and their chosen ones on their private missions, both local and overseas?
Remember the rumours of how Fiji Airways mounted special additional flights to meet the ministers’ personal needs?
Similarly, the French also gave two helicopters and many Renault trucks after the first military coup for whatever it would have been needed for.
The military hastily trained local helicopter pilots, but both were reportedly misused and subsequently lost to crashes in transporting non-official cargo and passengers.
The trucks, which were similarly misused, were slowly lost on the wayside due to accidents and lack of spare parts and repairs.
By the way, where are the second-hand Australian bushmasters that our Prime Minister agreed to buy?
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