Did you know that Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Adams and James Madison used to fight with Islam?
Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Adams and James Madison: Young America’s Fight with Islamism by Andrew Walden 15 Jan, 2007 Hawai`i Free Press | 01/03/07 | Andrew Walden 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 US 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 US ships in 1785. Lacking the ability to project US naval force in the Mediterranean, America tried appeasement. In 1784, Congress agreed t
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