Airstrip One

What's your opinion on Liberia?

Don't have one? Get ye to the opinion factory, and quick.

Why? Rebels are advancing on the Liberian capital. These rebels (who go under the acronym LURD) are backed by ... Sierra Leone, the regime is kept in power by ... the British Army, who are paid with ... my taxes and yours.

I ask, as I've done before, what precisely is our interest in this area of the world?