[Arm_Bears]

As they saw the US was actually committed to the fight, Algiers and Tunis quickly abandoned the war and allegiance to Tripoli.

Typical of bullies.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Lindsey Graham’s great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather screamed that Jefferson was acting recklessly and we needed to understand the Muslims.

[Fiddlstix]

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Winston Churchill on Islam

How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.

A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities - but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.

No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome."

Winston Churchill (The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50 (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1899)

[stylin19a]

Jefferson had formerly been against raising a navy,...

History shows otherwise. This was always a bad rap on Jefferson.

The Constitution Article 1 Sec. 8 - Congress shall have the power to..provide and maintain a navy.

Raising and supporting standing armies is restricted, of which Jefferson agreed.
Which, I wonder, how we get around that restriction today ?

[MeshugeMikey]

time for the Crusades II!!

[PGR88]

If its possible, one has to respect those first Marines even more than those who came after them

Think about it - your nation is young, and weak. Your President, who before wanted nothing to do with North Africa, now says you should go and attack these nutcase Muslims, whom you probably have never heard of before. Oh, and it will be the first time the US Navy sails abroad - and there won’t be any back-up or rescue if the attack fails.

[Bobsvainbabblings]

“to the shores of Tripoli” was added to the Marine Corps hymn.

The Marines are also referred to as “Leather Necks” for the same reason. They wore leather collars around their necks to keep the musselman from cutting off their heads in battle.

UMCRevMom@aol.com“”””Think about it - your nation is young, and weak. Your President, who before wanted nothing to do with North Africa, now says you should go and attack these nutcase Muslims, whom you probably have never heard of before. Oh, and it will be the first time the US Navy sails abroad - and there won’t be any back-up or rescue if the attack fails.””””

In conjunction with what you wrote.

Part of one of the treaties with them claims we are not a Christian nation. This is left over from the crusades in which the Christian nations were their enemies.

We needed time to build the Navy.

Those who claim we were not founded as a Christian nation, use that treaty. without putting it in context.

BVB

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

[liberalism is suicide]

This was when America was America and had a real President.

[tumblindice]

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/naval/p/sdecatur.htm

On December 23, 1803, Enterprise and the frigate USS Constitution captured the Tripolitan ketch Mastico after a sharp fight. Renamed Intrepid, the ketch was given to Decatur for use in a daring raid to destroy the frigate USS Philadelphia which had run aground and been captured in Tripoli harbor in October. At 7:00 PM on February 16, 1804, Intrepid, disguised as a Maltese merchant ship and flying British colors, entered Tripoli harbor.

Claiming that they had lost their anchors in a storm, Decatur asked permission to tie up alongside the captured frigate.

As the two ships touched, Decatur stormed aboard Philadelphia with sixty men. Fighting with swords and pikes, they took control of the ship and began preparations to burn it. With combustibles in place, Philadelphia was set on fire. Waiting until he was sure the fire had taken hold, Decatur was the last to leave the burning ship. Escaping the scene in Intrepid, Decatur and his men successfully evaded fire from the harbor’s defenses and reached the open sea. When he heard of Decatur’s achievement, Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson called it “the most bold and daring act of the age.”

[Eagles6]

Without moHAMmedism we might not have The USMC and the USN.

Go mohammed! (Straight to hell you POS)(May pigs be upon him)