For the Common Core grads in the audience, the United States has had the same enemy in the Middle East for the last 225 years and counting. That's virtually the entire time the United States has been a nation. You could look it up. Some of it may even call to mind a line from a familiar tune. In many cases, such as today's Assclown Extraordinaire, and Biff Tannen "Make Like A Tree" Award winner, by having someone smarter than them Googling it, and reading the basic information to them aloud, hopefully with many helpful pictures when the words get too hard.
Plumbing the depths of internet stupidity is impossible with existing technology. And every day, another earnest retard advances the flag another dozen fathoms deeper.
Well done to our latest deep-dive champion, Facial Plantedness, Oxygen Thief First Class, and our pick for Earnest Retard Of The Day.
Every time I see this BS I am filled with so much rage. Before the common core grads come down to the comments section, spoilers: Jefferson was president of the US from 1801-1809, long before the Jews returned to thier ancenstral homeland.
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Jew Derangement Syndrome: it’s like Trump Derangement Syndrome, but with lower standards!
ReplyDeleteTime-traveling JOOZ aside, the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) was built for the Barbary Wars, and was where the peace treaty on our terms was signed.
"...to shores of Tripoli" has a certain familiar ring to it.
ReplyDeleteHe also misses that prior to WWII the British were primarily taking care of dealing with the Mid-East. (France and Italy as well, but I'm thinking more of effective action) The fact we had someone else to take care of our enemies there does not make them less of an enemy.
The Italians were at least Abe to defeat Libyan goat herders until driven out by the British.
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ReplyDeleteJefferson, Decatur, O'Bannon, and the US Navy were invovled in suppressing the piracy of the Barbary Pirates, based along the Barbary Coast where Tripoli, Algiers, and Tunis are located. For many decades they had preyed on vessels of European countries that did not pay yearly tribute to them. Ships were captured and their crews and passengers were sold into slavery, a bustling business at that time.
Finally, Jefferson "got tired of their shit" and applied the policy of "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute." He unleashed Decatur, the Navy, and the Marines on the pirates. Decatur became a national hero, and O'Bannon famously led Marines and mercenaries to "the shores of Tripoli." The infant US Navy performed splendidly in putting a final end to the pirates' predation on American vessels.
Britannica.com does not include Tunisia, Algeria, or Morocco in the Middle East, but says they "are closely connected in sentiment and foreign policy with the Arab states." They are, of course, Muslim states and this, no doubt, explains that connection.
Fun Fact: Maker's Mark Distillery sits on land and uses the same water source once owned by O'Bannon's sister when she and her husband also produced whiskey in Kentucky.
They never watched The Wind and the Lion where TR sends the Marines into Morocco to rescue Americans held for ransom by Berbers.
ReplyDeleteI love this movie, one directed by the great John Milius, screenwriter for "Apocalypse Now," "Conan the Barbarian," "Jeremiah Johnston," among many others, and director of "Red Dawn," and a fellow conservative.
Delete"Fun Fact:" This doesn't change your point, but the script does play around with history. Mrs. Pedicarus was, in fact Mr. Pedicarus. (But, hey, who wouldn't want to watch Candice Bergen in her prime instead of some middle-aged dude?) Beyond that, there were serious questions as to whether he had ever actually become an American citizen. Once Roosevelt's staff found out about this rather embarrassing detail, they kept it secret until the election had passed.
The Wind And The Lion was a one of the greatest movies ever made, and far ahead of its time.
DeleteAnd FTR, the scene where the landing force Marines storm the palace was played, in its entirety, before morning lectures at Marine OCS at Quantico, as motivation for the day.
Where it was exceedingly well-received.
Our first real enemy.
ReplyDeleteBy your own link, North Africa is not the Middle East.
ReplyDeleteFor the TL;DR pedantry:
ReplyDeletethe Barbary States were part of the Ottoman Empire.
That information is contained in the link provided.
Have a look at where the Ottoman Empire was located, and which religion it practiced, which religious precepts from the Religion Of Piss the emissaries of the Berbers cited for preying upon Western shipping in the first place, as far away as Brazil, Iceland, and Scandinavia.
When you can tell us the locus of the Ottoman Empire in 1800, kindly get back to us with your apologies for getting this wrong.
We have had one constant enemy in the Mid-East, since virtually the founding of this republic unto the present day, and that enemy turns and prays towards Mecca five times a day.
This really isn't a hard concept, doing gymnastics to ignore it isn't helping anyone's case, and the Biff Tannen Award stands, because it passes the acid test.
I wonder if the Romans felt the way I feel about the ME about now? Be my guest and burn each other to the ground. But sorry, but not, were out.
ReplyDeleteThe youtube navel history guy Drachnifel has a good documentary on the subject with the title "The Barbary States: The Final Yarrs." It is worth listening to just for the history of how difficult it was to build a navy and how many people among the founding generation were apparently content to pay tribute money, since it was perceived as cheaper to do so than fund a proper fleet- IIRC, it wasn't until Tripoli started jacking up the price of tribute that it suddenly became a point of national honor not to pay protection money. It turns out that bean-counting, apathy, shortsightedness, and wishful thinking aren't anything new....
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A few scenes in "The Wind and the Lion" might be done differently than they would be today but for the mid-70s, a decade with wa-a-ay too many movies are forgettable and have not stood up to the test of time, it seems as vibrant today as it was then. If you can find it now streaming, it is well worth the watch.
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