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It’s also worth knowing that when we fought them, and soundly beat them, near the shores of Tripoli, they pretend-surrended several times before we had the victory.

Now for the real story, not the comic book one. The real story was that we did not soundly beat them. Jefferson cut a deal with Tripoli's ruler to end the conflict. Part of the deal was we abandoned our allies in the conflict, and left them to their fate. To his dying day, William Eaton despised Jefferson for negotiating a sellout of our allies to the Pasha. William Eaton led the force of US Marines (the shores of Tripoli), Greek mercenaries, and Arab tribesman lead by the Pasha's brother, from Alexandria Egypt across the Western Desert to capture the city of Derna. After his victory, Eaton was ordered by Jefferson's negotiator with the Pasha, Tobias Lear to evacuate from Derna, and leave the Arab tribesman fighting for us to be destroyed by the Pasha. You see Lear struck a deal to pay the ransom for the release of American hostages, and also agreed to abandon our allies in the conflict. Jefferson was a 19th Century Obama in regards to this war.