I do not want to offence anyone, but something which is not said by the article is that the first known inhabitant of this territory were the French. This place

I do not want to offence anyone, but something which is not said by the article is that the first known inhabitant of this territory were the French. This place was taken by the British at a time of French weakness, exploiting the chaos of the Napoleon's defeat. All that to eventually force the inhabitants out for building a foreign military base, just because (apparently) the British government did not have the will to develop their own nuclear weapons. As a French, I hope some day we will have a brave enough government who: * tells the British to refuse to have foreign troops occupying a full territory displacing their own people; * says that the current situation is wrong, and that these territories are supposed to be French, with the same legitimacy as the Réunion. There is no need to go to war or alike for that, but I feel this is something which should be said.