Britain deployed overwhelming naval force to punish a disobedient regent

Evidence

Within days, a battalion of seamen had traveled 1,000 miles by train from their ships near Cape Town to invade poor, desert dusty, landlocked and militarily helpless Bechuanaland, arriving fully armed with the most modern of military weaponry. The displayed power of British military might was hilariously necessary to reinforce the vaunted rule of British law. — David Theo Goldberg, The Racial State, 70

Categorization

• CANDY: The image of a fully-armed navy battalion invading a landlocked, helpless desert territory to discipline one chief is darkly comic and tweetable in its absurdity.