(Editorial note: Meant to post this last night, but got involved with some of THIS, and the time positively flew by.)
There are several points of interest above and beyond the boldness-and-daring aspects. One, the entire enterprise was led by a diplomat. Two, there was employment of private military contractors. And three, the Marines took substantial casualties but pressed on nonetheless. Except for the warlike diplomat (a rare bird indeed), one could say that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Sunday Update: A comment from our dear friend and colleague Boston Maggie jolted my memory. Please see this article by Christopher Hitchens for an interesting take on the Barbary Wars. The more things change, indeed, the more they stay the same!

I have a little bit of a bottle here at the house…good whisky.
If you have to have “a wee drap” of something, ’tis a great choice. There are very few bad Islay Scotches, if any.
As my best man taught me years ago, “‘Tis like angels dripping on my tongue” (I changed one of the words).
Enjoy
-SJBill
Not bad, my tastes run toward Inishowen.
It’s a great story. Have you read Robert Allison’s biography of Decatur? O’Bannon and Eaton are in it as well. The Tripolitan wars are very interesting and not enough attention is paid to their historical significance.
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