You left off the "Barf Bag" alert.
Did not Thomas Jefferson initate a war against the Barbary Pirates shortly after Independence? The point is that a young Thomas Jefferson was given to a lot of high-minded ideals. An interesting debate would be Young Thomas Jefferson, member of the Virginia House of Burgesses versus the Old Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States.
The Mises Institute is Lew Rockwell’s shop. Nuff said.