ON this date in 1759 - The British seized Basse-Terre and Guadeloupe in the Antilles from France.

Shared this event w/ the Boyz who are keen foreign policy pundits. Bun Man turned to me and said "Perhaps the next time American men in power feel the twinge of imperialism, we should seize Bali or Tahiti or some other celeb fab island rather than getting mucked down in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan who are going to go back to how they were after we leave anyway..."

The Boy has a point...