By even better logic - Jefferson started America’s FIRST war...
Against muslim Barbary pirates who were enslaving American sailors.
And he attacked them until they stopped.
“the shores of Tripoli...” (Marine Corp Hymn)
So let’s keep that tradition alive too.
Okay, new tradition: We honor Ramadan in Tripoli, after burning it down.
Check it out.... Yes, It Is All About Islam-Ibn Warraq takes on the apologists' lies.
> “By even better logic - Jefferson started America’s FIRST war...”
He sent warships and Marines because the merchant shipping lanes were controlled by Muslim pirates who demanded payment of such a large amount that the only pacifistic means to keep the trade routes open was for the United States to pay from its treasury the ransom demanded.
Paying the demanded ransoms by the Muslim pirates only encouraged the demands to increase to enormous amounts, so much that the ransoms consumed 25% of the US Treasury.
After a long debate in Congress, it became clear that military action was preferable in terms of economics. It was less costly to commit military forces than to pay the ever increasing ransoms.