"America has been fighting Islamists for longer than many realize. Even before independence was declared, American ships were pirated and their Christian crews enslaved by Muslim pirates operating under the control of the “Dey of Algiers”—an Ottoman Islamist warlord ruling Algeria. When the colonists rebelled against British rule in 1776, American ships lost Royal Navy protection. A Revolutionary War-era alliance with France offered French protection to US ships, but it expired in 1783. Immediately, U.S. ships came under attack and in October 1784 the American trader “Betsey” was taken by Moroccan forces. This was followed with Algerians and Libyans (Tripolitans) capturing two more U.S. ships in 1785. "
... a nice read!
5 comments:
230 years of US naval engagement in the middle east.
geez, I wonder what another six months in Iraq will fix?
Nothing but more American deaths, I'm afraid.
Well said, Lady, well said ...
Buy more guns! ...
We have less than two years to go.
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