Ineresting Read: > > > We as Americans had better be waking up as to what is happening in the Middle > > > East because the WAR has already began again and this country has to stop > > > being Mr. Nice Guy, just look at what the Muslims are demanding in Russia, > > > England, France, Australia and Sweden and Detroit USA. > > > > > >> Here is a little history. Including how the term Leatherneck¹ came to be > > >> . . . > > >> Most Americans are unaware of the fact that over two hundred years ago, > > >> the United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led the > > >> charge! > > >> > > >> At the height of the eighteenth century, Muslim pirates were the terror of > > >> the Mediterranean and a large area of the North Atlantic. They attacked > > >> every ship in sight, and held the crews for exorbitant ransoms. Those taken > > >> hostage were subjected to barbaric treatment and wrote heart breaking > > >> letters home, begging their government and family members to pay whatever > > >> their Mohammedan captors demanded. > > >> > > >> These extortionists of the high seas represented the Islamic nations of > > >> Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers collectively referred to as the > > >> Barbary Coast and presented a dangerous and unprovoked threat to the new > > >> American Republic. > > >> > > >> Before the Revolutionary War, U.S. merchant ships had been under the > > >> protection of Great Britain. When the U.S. declared its independence and > > >> entered into war, the ships of the United States were protected by France. > > >> However, once the war was won, America had to protect its own fleets. Thus, > > >> the birth of the U.S. Navy. > > >> > > >> Beginning in1784, seventeen years before he would become president, Thomas > > >> Jefferson became America¹s Minister to France. That same year, the U.S. > > >> Congress sought to appease its Muslim adversaries by following in the > > >> footsteps of European nations who paid bribes to the Barbary States, rather > > >> than engaging them in war. > > >> > > >> In July of 1785, Algerian pirates captured American ships, and the Dey of > > >> Algiers demanded an unheard-of ransom of $60,000. It was a plain and simple > > >> case of extortion, and Thomas Jefferson was vehemently opposed to any > > >> further payments. Instead, he proposed to Congress the formation of a > > >> coalition of allied nations who together could force the Islamic states into > > >> peace. A disinterested Congress decided to pay the ransom. > > >> > > >> In 1786, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams met with Tripoli¹s ambassador to > > >> Great Britain to ask by what right his nation attacked American ships and > > >> enslaved American citizens, and why Muslims held so much hostility towards > > >> America, a nation with which they had no previous contacts. > > >> > > >> The two future presidents reported that Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman > > >> Adja had answered that Islam was founded on the Laws of their Prophet, that > > >> it was written in their Quran, 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. > > >> > > >> Despite of this stunning admission of premeditated violence on non-Muslim > > >> nations, as well as the objections of many notable American leaders, > > >> including George Washington, who warned that caving in was both wrong and > > >> would only further embolden the enemy, for the following fifteen years, the > > >> American government paid the Muslims millions of dollars for the safe > > >> passage of American ships or the return of American hostages. The payments > > >> in ransom and tribute amounted to over twenty percent of the United States > > >> government annual revenues in 1800. > > >> > > >> Jefferson was disgusted. Shortly after his being sworn in as the third > > >> President of the United States in 1801, the Pasha of Tripoli sent him a note > > >> demanding the immediate payment of $225,000 plus $25,000 a year for every > > >> year forthcoming. That changed everything. > > >> > > >> Jefferson let the Pasha know, in no uncertain terms, what he could do with > > >> his demand. The Pasha responded by cutting down the flagpole at the > > >> American consulate and declared war on the United States. Tunis, Morocco, > > >> and Algiers immediately followed suit. Jefferson, until now, had been > > >> against America raising a naval force for anything beyond coastal defense, > > >> but having watched his nation be cowed by Islamic thuggery for long enough, > > >> decided that is was finally time to meet force with force. > > >> > > >> He dispatched a squadron of frigates to the Mediterranean and taught the > > >> Muslim nations of the Barbary Coast a lesson he hoped they would never > > >> forget. Congress authorized Jefferson to empower U.S. ships to seize all > > >> vessels and goods of the Pasha of Tripoli and to ³cause to be done all other > > >> acts of precaution or hostility as the state of war would justify². > > >> > > >> When Algiers and Tunis, who were both accustomed to American cowardice and > > >> acquiescence, saw the newly independent United States had both the will and > > >> the might to strike back, they quickly abandoned their allegiance to > > >> Tripoli. The war with Tripoli lasted for four more years, and raged up again > > >> in 1815. The bravery of the U.S. Marine Corps in these wars led to the line > > >> ³to the shores of Tripoli² in the Marine Hymn, They would forever be known > > >> as ³leathernecks² for the leather collars of their uniforms, designed to > > >> prevent their heads from being cut off by the Muslim scimitars when boarding > > >> enemy ships. > > >> > > >> Islam, and what its Barbary followers justified doing in the name of their > > >> prophet and their god, disturbed Jefferson quite deeply. America had a > > >> tradition of religious tolerance, the fact that Jefferson, himself, had > > >> co-authored the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, but fundamentalist > > >> Islam was like no other religion the world had ever seen. A religion based > > >> on supremacism, whose holy book not only condoned but mandated violence > > >> against unbelievers was unacceptable to him. His greatest fear was that > > >> someday this brand of Islam would return and pose an even greater threat to > > >> the United States. > > >> > > >> This should bother every American. That the Islams have brought about > > >> women-only classes and swimming times at taxpayer-funded universities and > > >> public pools; that Christians, Jews, and Hindus have been banned from > > >> serving on juries where Muslim defendants are being judged, Piggy banks and > > >> Porky Pig tissue dispensers have been banned from workplaces because they > > >> offend Islamist sensibilities. Ice cream has been discontinued at certain > > >> Burger King locations because the picture on the wrapper looks similar to > > >> the Arabic script for Allah, public schools are pulling pork from their > > >> menus, on and on in the news papers. > > >> > > >> It¹s death by a thousand cuts, or inch-by-inch as some refer to it, and most > > >> Americans have no idea that this battle is being waged every day across > > >> America. By not fighting back, by allowing groups to obfuscate what is > > >> really happening, and not insisting that the Islamists adapt to our own > > >> culture, the United States is cutting its own throat with a politically > > >> correct knife, and helping to further the Islamists agenda. Sadly, it > > >> appears that today¹s America would rather be politically correct than > > >> victorious. > > >> > > >> Any doubts, just Google Thomas Jefferson vs the Muslim World > > >> > > >> Happy Remembering! > > >
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 02:49:10 +0000
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