[SittinYonder]

General William Eaton spent the rest of his days a lonely drunk in the taverns of Boston.

Your 9-year-old son was just talking about this a couple of weeks ago.

[beltfed308]

Thanks for posting this. Good read!

[Kenny Bunkport]

The governor declined with what must rank as one of the pithiest responses to an ultimatum in military history: "My head or yours."

Still falls short of "Nuts!"

[Mr. K]

What do you do when politics mix with war. The Pasha saw the writing on the wall and signed a peace agreement. Do you accept it or still try to replace him?

Imagine if Saddam had accepted all terms at the last minute.

[Skooz]

bump for later

[Kenny Bunkport]

Has anyone read "Jefferson's War" by Joseph Weelan?

[loreldan]

Good movie material!!

[elbucko]

..it is hard to look at the midnight retreat from Derna and not see in it the kernels of a profound Arab-American mistrust that echoes through to this day.

I doubt it. There is not much loyalty to attribute to a society that cynically admits that; "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". The Americans could have stayed in Derna and been slaughtered later by their "allies". The Muslims would have been puzzled by the Americans considering such treachery unusual.