Yep, but when I read the reports of our victories it seems that God was on our side.
Possibly, but the major difference was that the US Navy WAS a navy, organized to fight other navies.
Whereas the corsairs were pirates, structured to prey on merchant ships that even if armed generally had crews of 8 to 20 men.
IOW, the corsairs were bullies that attacked those who couldn’t fight back effectively. The US Navy was designed and structured to fight those who could.
When A came into conflict with B the result was predictable.
The problem with this theory is explaining our defeats, such as the capture of the Philadelphia.
Presumably God was either A. on vacation, or B. switched sides temporarily,