Uh, Washington, Adams and Jeferson all paid tribute to the Barbary Pirates for safe passage for our ships.
When Jefferson came to office it was over 1/5th of the entire federal budget.
The pirates messed up a good thing by not keeping their part of the deal. But that's what pirates always do.
And -- Jefferson, through various means which included bombardments of Tripoli (1803-04) and subsequent actions against the "Barbary Pirates" ended our payment of "tribute" by 1815..
Europeans continued to pay until about 1830....
Even then, the Muslims along the coast -- considered kidnapping and ransoms as "business"...
I believe the time has arrived where the Islmaists need to be "disciplined" to behave themselves.....
Semper Fi