Today 5:50 am
This letter raises two questions: First, did America provoke the Muslim powers as has been frequently raised by Islamist apologists ranging from Osama bin Laden to the Ayatollah, and second, what motivated and informed the Barbary attacks on American merchants?
In answer to the first question, notice the events above took place in 1785-6, before our current Republic was founded in 1788. The nascent had no navy and no standing army, so the answer to the question must be an emphatic no.
Instead, Muslim aggression against the Yankee Infidels began almost the moment the Yankee Infidels were under their own flag. There was no American Imperialism because there was no American Empire, no American military, and no American Republic. There were just 13 disorganized states.
As for the second question, Abdrahaman clearly stated that the Koran informed all Muslims to attack, despoil, and enslave all Infidels wherever they may be found. Jihad does not originate as a response to anything America, Americans, or any other Infidels have done. It is commanded by Allah of all his faithful.
This reality—which hasn’t changed in almost 250 years—has ominous implications for any Infidel hopes of peaceful coexistence with Muslims. It only takes a brief review of 1,400 years of Islamic expansion to see a pattern of conquest, forced conversions, subjugation, enslavement, and ultimately, extermination of all Infidels unfortunate enough to find themselves in Islam’s path.
The American experience with Islam was not limited to Barbary Pirates. Here’s a question most Americans never even think to ask: How many U.S. presidents have been compelled to respond to Islam? Most would respond that it was only those presidents since September 11, 2001.
The actual answer is a shock to most Americans: Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, van Buren, Fillmore, Roosevelt 26, Eisenhower, Carter, Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton, Bush 43, Obama, Biden, and Trump have all dealt with Islamic aggression, sometimes with tribute, often with war.Seventeen Presidents have presided over military action against or tributary payments to Muslim powers, both large and small. The most recent payment of tribute was a $400 million cash transfer that Obama paid in 2016 to ransom American hostages.
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In answer to the first question, notice the events above took place in 1785-6, before our current Republic was founded in 1788. The nascent had no navy and no standing army, so the answer to the question must be an emphatic no.
Instead, Muslim aggression against the Yankee Infidels began almost the moment the Yankee Infidels were under their own flag. There was no American Imperialism because there was no American Empire, no American military, and no American Republic. There were just 13 disorganized states.
As for the second question, Abdrahaman clearly stated that the Koran informed all Muslims to attack, despoil, and enslave all Infidels wherever they may be found. Jihad does not originate as a response to anything America, Americans, or any other Infidels have done. It is commanded by Allah of all his faithful.
This reality—which hasn’t changed in almost 250 years—has ominous implications for any Infidel hopes of peaceful coexistence with Muslims. It only takes a brief review of 1,400 years of Islamic expansion to see a pattern of conquest, forced conversions, subjugation, enslavement, and ultimately, extermination of all Infidels unfortunate enough to find themselves in Islam’s path.
The American experience with Islam was not limited to Barbary Pirates. Here’s a question most Americans never even think to ask: How many U.S. presidents have been compelled to respond to Islam? Most would respond that it was only those presidents since September 11, 2001.
The actual answer is a shock to most Americans: Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, van Buren, Fillmore, Roosevelt 26, Eisenhower, Carter, Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton, Bush 43, Obama, Biden, and Trump have all dealt with Islamic aggression, sometimes with tribute, often with war.Seventeen Presidents have presided over military action against or tributary payments to Muslim powers, both large and small. The most recent payment of tribute was a $400 million cash transfer that Obama paid in 2016 to ransom American hostages.
https://www.americanthinker.com/article ... iment.html