Quote Originally Posted by DDT
Quote Originally Posted by Cyphyr
So the Barbary pirates motivation was 'strictly religious' and this was part of the first Muslim attack on America. Oh dear, if this is the kind of garbage you base your opinions on, then there really is no point arguing with you.
WorldNetDaily looks like a great place to get your news, by the way.
I have pointed out that 9/11 was not USA's first skirmish with the Muslim world and all you can do is attack the messenger by be-littleing the web-site quoted. I could have chosen a dozen sites to get that story from. I chose that site because the story there was written by an Arab. Here you can read it here again if it will make your halfwittical brain happy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dy ... -2001Oct14
Thanks DDT, great link, it did make my 'halfwittical' brain happy because IT COMPLETELY PROVED MY POINT!

"For one thing, although the Barbary pirates were good at instilling terror -- using cannons and scimitars -- they were not waging a holy war against Americans. They were opportunists, historians say."

"They didn't have political objectives, they just wanted money."

It also states that the US received Muslim support in the campaign against the pirates.

"In calling on Muslims for support, Eaton, as a U.S. naval agent and the operation's leader, denounced "cruel and savage" despots who oppressed their own people -- and defiled the true teachings of Islam (Eaton had studied the Koran):

Our religion teaches us to fear and worship God and to be kind to all his creatures . . . Be assured that the God of the Americans and of the Mohometans [Muslims] is the same; the one true and omnipotent God."


The first site you linked to stated that the pirates motivation was "strictly religious". This is what I found so funny, that there were retards out there who would try to present the Barbary pirates as jihadi religious fighters akin to the modern al-Qaeda movement. And you chose it because it was written by an Arab? Yeah right, you chose it because it suited your prejudices so well. The fact that it was written by an Arab doesn't mean anything, only that you can find an Arab idiot if you want. Unfortuately, idiocy affects all peoples of the world!