Korla Pundit
2008-05-28 17:50:08
People always leave off that Jefferson in fact called off the war just as we were about the win it. Problem with transatlantic communication of the day played a part, but impatience from antiwar Congress pressured him to make a truce with the Bashar of Tripoli, just as we were about to launch devastating attacks from sea and over land.
A truce that the jihadis broke as soon as we were inconvenienced by the War of 1812. You can’t bargain with these monsters.
It was finally James Madison who had the balls to put a finish to the Barbary terrorists, not to mention mopping up the ocean with the English navy.
