[muawiyah]

Hey, the issue was what Jefferson and Adams called the actions against the Barbary Pirates, not what actions Congress took. I just threw in the tribute part as sucker bait. It worked.

Here we have two of the Founders ~ the guys who actually wrote the Constitution ~ and they called the action with the Barbary Pirates "war", as in W ~ A ~ R !

The conclusion is that one Philadelphia Lawyer on a FreeRepublic thread is not worth two Founding Fathers, every single time!

[inquest]

Hey, the issue was what Jefferson and Adams called the actions against the Barbary Pirates, not what actions Congress took.

I see, so you've decided to change the subject yet again. If you have any kind of point, you've yet to make it.