THOMAS JEFFERSON vs MUSLIMS Why the Marine Hymn contains the verse “to the shores of Tripoli” > > > > Muslim pirates of the past: 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 in 1784, seventeen years before he would become president, > > Thomas Jefferson became America’s 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 Dye > > 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 Tripoli’s 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 “cause to be > > done all other acts of precaution or hostility as the state of war > > would justify”. > > > > 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 “to the shores of Tripoli” in the > > Marine Hymn, and they would forever be known as “leathernecks” 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 Muslims 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 newspapers…. > > > > It’s 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 today’s America would rather be politically > > correct than victorious. > > > > Any doubts, just Google Thomas Jefferson vs the Muslim World
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 17:57:43 +0000
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