Re: OT History in question

"Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote in message
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>> It appears we've had to deal with terrorism even in America's infancy.
>> Can someone briefly explain what 100's of America's sailors were doing in
>> the Middle East when they became captive during Thomas Jefferson's
>> presidency? We weren't looking for oil were we?[/color]
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> Opium?
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> This it? [url]http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/05/11/michaelOren.html[/url]
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Thanks, Cathy. It really blows me away that this country of ours has had to
deal with this so early on. And the resemblance of the populace, some
content to paying than fighting and vice versa, is just chilling. The fact
that at one point we gave them the very equipment to wage war and piracy is
mind boggling. How often have we've done this in modern times!!