Melanesia - Western romantics - Australian police

"Melanesia is a huge disaster
Canberra was right to pursue a Pacific activism in the post-9/11 era, but there is no real solution for the region, writes Greg Sheridan
April 20, 2006
Melanesia is often and tellingly compared with Africa. It may in a sense resemble the Middle East. There are no solutions. Nothing works. Yet ultimate failure is not an option.
What confidence do you have that a Solomons government, without Australian police and soldiers, could keep order and run affairs peacefully? We are likely to be in the Solomons for a long, long time to come."