They knew VERY WELL about the Barbary pirates, the Saracens and the Turk. They just did not envision that these characters will be invited to America.
Wow, Barbary pirates, Saracens, Turks...I never thought of it that way. True, they're not invited. Take their knives and go home.
"They knew VERY WELL about the Barbary pirates, the Saracens and the Turk."
'They' should have read the book by Sir William Muir: The Caliphate:Its Rise Decline and Fall.
It traces the history of islam from the death of the 'prophet' until the conquests and expansion of islam in Arabia, the Near East, Iran, North Africa and Spain.
The entire 602 pages are filled with nothing but slaughter.