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To: sheikdetailfeather

“Barack Hussein Obama” sounds pretty muslem to me...


3 posted on 09/21/2015 12:21:28 PM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: broken_arrow1

Islam and America....

During the depths of the Little Ice Age our founding fathers had to deal with the same Dark Age mentality of Islam. The Muslim States had been enslaving both American ships and crews and demanding ransom for their return and future safe passage.

The level of tribute demanded reached 10 percent of the entire American national budget.

In 1785 both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams went to London to meet Ambassador Abdrahaman (Tripoli). They inquired by what right the Barbary States preyed upon American shipping. His response:

“It was written in their Koran, that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave; and that every Mussulman who was slain in this warfare was sure to go to paradise. He said, also, that the man who was the first to board a vessel had one slave over and above his share, and that when they sprang to the deck of an enemy’s ship, every sailor held a dagger in each hand and a third in his mouth; which usually struck such terror into the foe that they cried out for quarter at once.”
Adams argued for paying the ransom. America was exhausted and broke from the revolutionary war and lost its naval protection provided by France (Treaty of Alliance). It wasn’t until Jefferson was elected (1801) that America finally had the naval power to fight back. The Barbary Wars finally ended under the presidency of James Madison in 1815.

“It is a settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute. The United States, while they wish for war with no nation, will buy peace with none.” President Madison.


9 posted on 09/21/2015 1:34:48 PM PDT by smartyaz
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