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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 514574" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, by Brian Kilmeade. </p><p></p><p>A current best seller, one that once started, you cannot put it down. It was a 3 AM night for me last night. </p><p></p><p>A factual history, similar problem as now, "All nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave. Christian sailors were fair game." Unless tribute was paid of course. France and UK and others, Scandinavia etc, were paying tribute so Mediterranean commerce could pass, but it was more than the young US could afford in 1800. Thankfully, a little armed might goes a long way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 514574, member: 12496"] Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, by Brian Kilmeade. A current best seller, one that once started, you cannot put it down. It was a 3 AM night for me last night. A factual history, similar problem as now, "All nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave. Christian sailors were fair game." Unless tribute was paid of course. France and UK and others, Scandinavia etc, were paying tribute so Mediterranean commerce could pass, but it was more than the young US could afford in 1800. Thankfully, a little armed might goes a long way. [/QUOTE]
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