The Barbary Wars

carpro · Apr 13, 2009

Concerning Islamic piracy:

Perhaps a revisiting of history would be instructive.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/04/my-entry-3.html

Soon after the news about the attack became public, Wilkerson e-mailed reporters saying that he found U.S-led efforts at deterring pirates to have failed. U.S. political leaders have to "get off their asses" and wage war on the pirates, like the Marines did against the Barbary pirates in the early 19th century, Wilkerson wrote.

He suggests the U.S. lead a force to find the pirates' hide-outs in Somalia and destroy them.

http://www.jcs-group.com/military/navy_marine/1801tripoli.html

In April 1805, Captain William Eaton put together a mixed force of Arab rebels and mercenaries and American Marines, and in a maneuver that has since been compared to that of the charismatic T E. Lawrence, led a desert march from inland that took Tripoli's second city, Derna, by surprise. Lieut. Presley O'Bannon of the Marine Corps hoisted the Stars and Stripes over the captured town, and the Marine anthem preserves his gesture to this day. Marine Corps Hymn Quite possibly the most recognizable military hymn in the world and the oldest official song in the U. S. Armed Forces.
That did not bring the conflict to a complete close, but it signaled the beginning of the end.
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