[verytired75]

I just saw this the other day. London's point is an incredibly valuable one that ought to be very widely circulated. I gather the book, Victory in Tripoli, is good too. There are some wonderful reviews of it up on Amazon.com, and I recently came across a very positive review posted to The American Thinker last month, see http://www.americanthinker.com/articles_print.php?article_id=5014

[mosquewatch.com]

Awesome, post!! This totally squashes the argument from the Muslims about "Oil, and Israel".

[vpintheak]

The more things change the more they stay the same. Islam is a scourge on the world now and always has been since it's inception.

[Restorer]

Barbary piracy continued right up till France conquered them.

[SemperFi-USMC]

For what it is worth, I have read Mr. London's book, Victory in Tripoli, and I think it is an excellent history and a great read.

There are some very good reviews of it on Amazon.com. Here is what I had written for Amazon.com:

"I got this as a gift from my father, who bought a copy for himself based on a review he read in the National Review magazine. I'm not much of a writer, so I'll simply cite that review for this truly fun and rewarding book. It is well written, is a good length, and makes a great gift!

"Here is what Michael Potemra of National Review (National Review: October 24, 2005: page 66) said about this excellent volume of history:

"In 'Victory in Tripoli: How America's War with the Barbary Pirates Established the U.S. Navy and Shaped a Nation' (Wiley, 276 pp., $24.95), Washington-based writer Joshua E. London tells an exciting story of the War on Terror -- circa 1800. The Mediterranean pirates were demanding tribute from U.S. vessels; little over a decade into the existence of the new federal government, an American administration struggled over how to respond. President Thomas Jefferson understood, early on, what was necessary: 'I know that nothing will stop the eternal increase of demands from these pirates but the presence of an armed force.' But there would be much failure and frustration before victory finally came. Indeed, while the 'Shores of Tripoli' are remembered to this day in the Marine Corps hymn, America's triumph there in 1805 did not put an end to the pirates' terrorism; further U.S. force would prove necessary. London's fascinating account gives us cause for hope that even long, twilight struggles can, after twists and turns of ugly politics, end in victory."

[King Prout]

ping

[Condor51]

Old News & Already Posted.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1542760/posts
Posted by voletti
On News/Activism 12/18/2005 5:44:25 AM PST, 13 replies, 465+ views

[Democratshavenobrains]

I did a paper on the Tripolitan War in high school in the 90's. Pretty interesting bit of history.

[A. Pole]

Very simply put, the Barbary pirates were committed, militant Muslims who meant to do exactly what they said.

ROP bump!