Barbary Pirates II


	Barbary Pirates II

thunderscot

7-14-2007 9:17 PM

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constitutional power, congress, foreign policy, international law, terrorism, war on terror

thunderscot says:

How to deal with terrorists, part deux. One more to come...

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<DD><I>That it was founded on the Laws of their Prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman [Muslim] who should be slain in Battle was sure to go to Paradise.</I></DD></DL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbary_pirate&oldid=144482979">This new military presence helped to stiffen American resolve to resist the continuation of tribute payments, leading to the two Barbary Wars</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbary_pirate&oldid=144482979"> <A title="1815" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1815" linkindex="214" set="yes">1815</A> that naval victories ended tribute payments by the U.S</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbary_pirate&oldid=144482979">After the general pacification of 1815, the suppresion of African piracy was universally felt to be a necessity.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbary_pirate&oldid=144482979">under Admiral Van de Capellen, he administered a smashing <A title="Bombardment of Algiers" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Algiers" linkindex="234" set="yes">bombardment to Algiers</A>.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/531F07C2-AF6B-4041-85A0-22C276CEBD5A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>