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Reader comment on item: In 1796, U.S. Vowed Friendliness With Islam
Submitted by Octavio Johanson (Italy), Nov 16, 2006 at 05:13
Back in 1796, the USA was on friendly terms with Muslim nations. Nowadays, American neo-conservatism wants to export democracy to the Middle East. Only history will tell if neo-conservatives were right or wrong. Neo-conservatism is a very complex ideology, which I don't fully understand. I respect it, but I don't understand it.
An interventionist foreign policy goes hand in hand with open borders and free-trade agreements. Last year, a Port Deal with a company from the United Arab Emirates was rejected by the American congress. This proves that the war on terror does not always go hand in hand with free-trade and other issues.
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| 2 | urgent communication on ISLAM AND FRAUD [523 words] | MAR | Jan 27, 2009 12:39 | 149234 | |
| RE How Many ? [22 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | A J | Dec 27, 2008 02:57 | 145970 | ||
| Very Logical Explaination [27 words] | Manish | Oct 16, 2009 17:26 | 145970 | ||
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 Neo-conservatism [104 words] | Octavio Johanson | Nov 16, 2006 05:13 | 66293 | ||
| 1 | America has no choice but to defend European Civilization--but first it must stop bickering and focus on the enemy [1401 words] | Ed Hubbard | Nov 15, 2006 12:31 | 66198 | |
| Relevance of the Barbary Wars in the early 19th Century [934 words] | Jascha Kessler | Nov 14, 2006 15:10 | 66100 | ||
| 4 | The First Barbary Wars, Terrorism in Early American and the Similarities of the War on Terror between "Then" and "Now" [6257 words] | Suzanne Sahl | Mar 20, 2007 14:11 | 66100 | |
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| What about American Aggression? [184 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Bader S | Nov 11, 2006 05:14 | 65801 | ||
| Re: Dr Pipes's response [48 words] | Bader S | Nov 14, 2006 03:50 | 65801 | ||
| response to.....'there is little purpose arguing over such matters." [604 words] | dave viets | Nov 15, 2006 13:52 | 65801 | ||
| Clarification please. What is Islam and what is radical Islam? [276 words] | MelM | Nov 10, 2006 23:58 | 65791 | ||
| 7 | Difference between Islam and Radical Islam ? [232 words] | Kandara | Nov 11, 2006 20:33 | 65791 | |
| Islami is Islam [217 words] | Domenic Pepe | Nov 11, 2006 22:40 | 65791 | ||
| Much of what you describe is indicative of radical Islam.. [198 words] | J.S. | Nov 12, 2006 18:06 | 65791 | ||
| C'mon folks [1889 words] | zzazzeefrazzee | Nov 13, 2006 11:55 | 65791 | ||
| Response to Kandara [108 words] | Judeo-Christ | Nov 13, 2006 13:46 | 65791 | ||
| 1 | Thanks J.S. But the "Islam and radical Islam" distinction makes by head hurt. [258 words] | MelM | Nov 14, 2006 00:47 | 65791 | |
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| Hot News from Holland! [109 words] | Octavio Johanson | Nov 11, 2006 09:11 | 65757 | ||
| A no brainer [124 words] | dfwhite | Nov 11, 2006 15:34 | 65757 | ||
| Response to; America is a strange country [122 words] | Judeo-Christ | Nov 12, 2006 17:05 | 65757 | ||
| Naive? [224 words] | ashmaro | Nov 13, 2006 14:02 | 65757 | ||
| 1 | The day will come!!! [190 words] | dfwhite | Nov 13, 2006 16:00 | 65757 | |
| The ignorance of Americans vis a vis Islam [209 words] | Stephen Phillips | Mar 1, 2007 18:51 | 65757 | ||
| The sleeping giant shall not rise from this nap. It's the last one. [121 words] | Stephen Phillips | Mar 1, 2007 19:08 | 65757 | ||
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| 1 | The treaty With Tripoli [130 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Richard B. Parker | Nov 10, 2006 12:57 | 65756 |
| interesting book [50 words] | cvt | Oct 24, 2007 11:49 | 65756 | ||
| This is no buttering up! just a moment of truth. [148 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Harrak | Nov 9, 2006 23:23 | 65703 | ||
| Harrak, Pipes' contradiction [135 words] | Infidel | Nov 14, 2006 14:33 | 65703 | ||
| The logician and the magician [244 words] | Harrak | Nov 14, 2006 21:47 | 65703 | ||
| US "Friendliness with Islam?" [223 words] | Maurice Picow | Nov 9, 2006 16:28 | 65682 | ||
| Maurice Picow, Slavers were Muslims [44 words] | Infidel | Nov 10, 2006 19:59 | 65682 | ||
| An intellectual hit-man at work. [149 words] | MelM | Nov 10, 2006 21:53 | 65682 | ||
| Slavers were Muslims [115 words] | Maurice Picow | Nov 24, 2006 08:33 | 65682 | ||
| Washington's Religious Outlook Towards The Islamic Faiths A Model For Others [132 words] | Philip W. Chapman | Nov 9, 2006 15:30 | 65674 | ||
| it's simple really [28 words] | ed | Nov 9, 2006 23:09 | 65674 | ||
| Re: Washington's Religious Outlook [81 words] | Octavio Johanson | Nov 10, 2006 03:46 | 65674 | ||
| Octavio firing Katyushas from his glass house.. [95 words] | Harrak | Nov 11, 2006 00:48 | 65674 | ||
| I agree with Harrak [317 words] | Octavio Johanson | Nov 12, 2006 14:43 | 65674 | ||
| The bulk of the problem [75 words] | Octavio Johanson | Nov 12, 2006 16:19 | 65674 | ||
| " Do you still want to fire a missile at my glass house? " No, as I did not say I want to.. [199 words] | Harrak | Nov 12, 2006 21:47 | 65674 | ||
| I agree with Octavio [136 words] | Judeo-Christ | Nov 13, 2006 02:04 | 65674 | ||
| Each to their own [37 words] | Octavio Johanson | Nov 13, 2006 17:58 | 65674 | ||
| Harrak makes a good point, at last [55 words] | Octavio Johanson | Nov 18, 2006 04:36 | 65674 | ||
| Islam and the Islamic Clergy Are the Enemy [195 words] | Domenic Pepe | Nov 9, 2006 01:44 | 65626 | ||
| Another interpretation [87 words] | Joel Strom | Nov 9, 2006 01:17 | 65622 | ||
| Tripoli Treaty [2085 words] | Paul Rinderle | Nov 8, 2006 19:25 | 65597 | ||
| Treaty of Tripoli does not support a secular America [31 words] | Bill | Jun 19, 2009 19:59 | 65597 | ||
| radical islam existed also in 1796 [153 words] | Martien.Pennings | Nov 8, 2006 18:30 | 65593 | ||
| Why 2006 is a different story [223 words] | Octavio Johanson | Nov 9, 2006 16:39 | 65593 | ||
| To Martien.Pennings [21 words] | Gellin and Infidellin | Nov 10, 2006 09:23 | 65593 | ||
| Question for Daniel Pipes? [281 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Ron Thompson | Nov 8, 2006 17:50 | 65590 | ||
| The United States, 210 years on [149 words] | Octavio Johanson | Nov 8, 2006 14:02 | 65567 | ||
| Innocent White British Teenager murdered by Pakistani Muslims in United Kingdom [30 words] | mark | Nov 9, 2006 12:56 | 65567 | ||
| Majority of Terrorist attacks have roots in Pakistani Islamic Seminaries [269 words] | Alexander | Nov 9, 2006 22:25 | 65567 | ||
| Whens it going to stop!!! [65 words] | dfwhite | Nov 11, 2006 15:56 | 65567 | ||
| Barlow's 11th.article declaring "friendliness with Islam" [3585 words] | Barry Holroyd | Nov 8, 2006 11:49 | 65555 | ||
| What Islam Really Wants [58 words] | Mike Ramirez | Nov 8, 2006 10:56 | 65552 | ||
| America understood the threat from Jihad terrorism in the 1800's [73 words] | Philip | Nov 8, 2006 10:33 | 65549 | ||
| Radical Islam did not exist in 1796 [194 words] | Alfred H. Yoli | Nov 8, 2006 10:07 | 65546 | ||
| voa [26 words] | cyrus | Nov 8, 2006 05:19 | 65528 | ||
| Nothing Has Changed [488 words] | Caesar Arevalo | Nov 8, 2006 02:24 | 65518 | ||
| Same old game [61 words] | David Sabghir | Nov 8, 2006 00:47 | 65510 | ||
| The war waged by the Muslims is a war on the Infidels [3444 words] | ahmadnagar3 | Nov 7, 2006 21:29 | 65499 | ||
| Ahmadnagar3, Islam and War are brothers [93 words] | Infidel | Nov 9, 2006 13:39 | 65499 | ||
| The bible prophesied this thousands of years ago... [91 words] | Jitterboogie | Nov 10, 2006 10:54 | 65499 | ||
| Fool's Paradise! [100 words] | Ammar Ahmed | Nov 7, 2006 21:20 | 65498 | ||
| 1 | Reply to Fools Paradise [50 words] | Judeo-Christ | Nov 8, 2006 23:31 | 65498 | |
| Substantiate......! [74 words] | Ammar | Nov 9, 2006 20:17 | 65498 | ||
| Totalitarian ideology DID exist before 1796! [397 words] | Martin Henderson | Nov 7, 2006 21:15 | 65497 | ||
| the tides of change [148 words] | trans-parere | Nov 7, 2006 19:57 | 65492 | ||
| In 1796, U.S. Vowed Friendliness With Islam [135 words] | Amin kobeissy | Nov 7, 2006 18:22 | 65485 | ||
| For Amin and Arabian imperialism and the religion of the Arabs [292 words] | dhimmi no more | Nov 19, 2006 15:58 | 65485 | ||
| Jefferson and Islam 1804 pertaining to this treaty [145 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Jesse Collins | Nov 7, 2006 18:11 | 65484 | ||
| Who in Islam recognized this treaty? [230 words] | Pat | Nov 7, 2006 17:50 | 65480 | ||
| End the "Stay and Pray" strategy in Iraq and end "harmonious relations" with jihadis [113 words] | MelM | Nov 7, 2006 17:00 | 65473 | ||
| We need to start a full scale & all out Global War against Islamists and their supporters [495 words] | Nalwa | Nov 8, 2006 06:14 | 65473 | ||
| Why you are confusing people with words like Islamism , Radical Islam , Militant Islam , Wahabi Islam , Jihadi Islam ?? [83 words] | Galu | Nov 18, 2006 06:39 | 65473 | ||
| 3 | Appeasement of Islam [481 words] | Prof. Paul Eidelberg | Nov 7, 2006 16:53 | 65472 | |
| Prof. Paul Eidelberg [98 words] | Harrak | Nov 7, 2006 17:48 | 65472 | ||
| Confusion is the right word [100 words] | Pat | Nov 7, 2006 18:05 | 65472 | ||
| 65 | How Many Muslims Are Terrorists? [2086 words] | Prof. Sharma | Nov 8, 2006 06:32 | 65472 | |
| Appeasement of islam [229 words] | sgi | Nov 8, 2006 13:18 | 65472 | ||
| To Prof Eidelberg.. [261 words] | J.S. | Nov 8, 2006 17:35 | 65472 | ||
| Reciprocity -- Addition to Prof. Eidelberg's comments [70 words] | Eliyahu ben Abraham | Nov 9, 2006 06:45 | 65472 | ||
| to Pat the stance of an islamic sect has no relevance [37 words] | Gellin and Infidellin | Nov 10, 2006 09:40 | 65472 | ||
| 10% [133 words] | dfwhite | Nov 11, 2006 16:15 | 65472 | ||
| Denying the opportunity for violent jihad [360 words] | Pat | Nov 12, 2006 12:24 | 65472 | ||
| Harrak has got a split personality [57 words] | Octavio Johanson | Nov 13, 2006 11:09 | 65472 | ||
| Split personality! that is called bi-curiousity.. [138 words] | Harrak | Nov 15, 2006 14:52 | 65472 | ||
| Mr. Harrak, what are your views? [57 words] | Octavio Johanson | Nov 16, 2006 19:07 | 65472 | ||
| Terrorism is the most overhyped story in the history of the mass media. [47 words] | SG | Oct 21, 2007 16:03 | 65472 | ||
| RESPONSE TO DR SHARMA [240 words] | Tim | Jan 8, 2008 11:39 | 65472 | ||
| how many muslims are terrorist = how many people will get hit by a DWI [328 words] | Nazia | Oct 7, 2008 12:05 | 65472 | ||
| Fact [14 words] | TY | Jan 8, 2009 16:24 | 65472 | ||
| Counterproductive? I think not. [370 words] | John O | Feb 25, 2009 08:07 | 65472 | ||
| 1 | nonsense [43 words] | jay | May 18, 2009 18:00 | 65472 | |
| Muslim Terrorists? How many? [43 words] | Hemingway Wilba | Oct 8, 2009 10:25 | 65472 | ||
| 99.96% Terrorism originated from non-Muslims! [12 words] | Faruque Ahmed | Jun 30, 2010 12:10 | 65472 | ||
| Thanks [59 words] | Tom Martin | Dec 12, 2010 13:54 | 65472 | ||
| TERRORISTS [63 words] | hazem | Dec 24, 2010 23:25 | 65472 | ||
| Jihad? [117 words] | JOE | Dec 26, 2010 01:53 | 65472 | ||
| This is messed up [41 words] | Anonymous | Jan 26, 2011 19:09 | 65472 | ||
| Conspiracy theory [21 words] | jo | Feb 1, 2011 20:07 | 65472 | ||
| WHAT? [5 words] | Ahmet | Mar 8, 2011 23:45 | 65472 | ||
| No comments [9 words] | Ravi Ranjan Singh Bharat Panthi | Mar 12, 2011 22:17 | 65472 | ||
| The Truth [9 words] | James Walters | Oct 4, 2011 21:01 | 65472 | ||
| Informative [13 words] | Louis Mathews | Apr 24, 2013 00:03 | 65472 | ||
| I don't think so [28 words] | Sam | Aug 12, 2013 15:16 | 65472 | ||
| That Turkish guy you say is fundamentalist.. forbid women to wear headscarf [38 words] | Brute | Dec 16, 2014 07:57 | 65472 | ||
| only one thing I noticed. [61 words] | Ross Hill | Jan 13, 2015 21:20 | 65472 | ||
| you are totally wrong [48 words] | Fawad jan | Feb 24, 2015 11:04 | 65472 | ||
| long history of Islam's antipathy to the West [170 words] | Shepard Barbash | Nov 7, 2006 15:33 | 65471 | ||
| Peace with them, but they are at war with us [140 words] | David W. Lincoln | Nov 7, 2006 15:14 | 65469 | ||
| In 1796, U.S. Vowed Friendliness with Islam [147 words] | kim segar | Nov 7, 2006 14:26 | 65466 | ||
| Keeping the Faith [29 words] | Judeo-Christ | Nov 7, 2006 19:36 | 65466 | ||
| Read the reality of Islam , Koran , Prophet Mohamad , Hadis and Sharia ............ [150 words] | Kuffar | Nov 8, 2006 06:28 | 65466 | ||
| To Kuffar enlightened one!~ [5 words] | Gellin and Infidellin | Nov 10, 2006 09:44 | 65466 | ||
| 2 | Real Purpose of the Treaty [112 words] | Sam Pyeatte | Nov 7, 2006 13:39 | 65463 | |
| Treaties aren't "signed into law" [49 words] | A. S. Kraditor | Nov 7, 2006 13:37 | 65462 | ||
| Mobilization of public opinion in Arab countries [88 words] | Vijay | Nov 7, 2006 13:36 | 65461 | ||
| Vijay, the earth belongs to Muslims [143 words] | Infidel | Nov 7, 2006 23:21 | 65461 | ||
| Travesty in translation [70 words] | Lowell Bogart | Nov 7, 2006 12:39 | 65460 | ||
| America's intentions [300 words] | Safraz | Nov 7, 2006 12:18 | 65458 | ||
| Bad comparison [578 words] | Lewis Loflin | Nov 8, 2006 03:00 | 65458 | ||
| 1 | How about Muslim intentions? [433 words] | Pat | Nov 8, 2006 11:44 | 65458 | |
| post-war Japan and Germany compared to Iraq ... [33 words] | Mike the infidel | Nov 8, 2006 14:49 | 65458 | ||
| Safraz [298 words] | Daisy | Nov 9, 2006 19:29 | 65458 | ||
| 38 | Islamic Tactics of Taqqiya teaches Muslims to practise Deception , Fraud & Double Standards to spread Islam [308 words] | Boura | Nov 9, 2006 22:11 | 65458 | |
| Simple reason both Japan and Germany were not Islamic country [150 words] | Rahu | Nov 10, 2006 11:35 | 65458 | ||
| 1 | Taqqiya [92 words] | Derek | Feb 14, 2009 12:55 | 65458 | |
| 1 | EVIL [74 words] | Buck Crosby | Aug 27, 2010 16:33 | 65458 | |
| taqqiya [68 words] | ali | Jul 31, 2011 09:16 | 65458 | ||
| In 1796, there was no Israel [22 words] | Harrak | Nov 7, 2006 11:52 | 65457 | ||
| A very good year. No Iran, no Iraq, limited Muslim immigration to Europe & The U.S for handouts [83 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Nov 7, 2006 17:20 | 65457 | ||
| Wrong, again and again [114 words] | Yuval Brandstetter MD | Nov 8, 2006 07:39 | 65457 | ||
| 2 | With friends like the moslem states, who needs enemies? [68 words] | joe kaffir | Nov 8, 2006 10:25 | 65457 | |
| 3 | Israel was there , Israel is there and will be there forever [286 words] | Indian Hindu | Nov 9, 2006 06:11 | 65457 | |
| There was no Palestine [19 words] | surj | Oct 26, 2007 21:13 | 65457 | ||
| Re: Re: Comment on In 1796, U.S. Vowed Friendliness With Islam [107 words] | Harrak | Oct 28, 2007 11:05 | 65457 | ||
| Don't behave as Hindu [2089 words] | Ravi Ranjan Singh Bharat Panthi | Mar 11, 2011 03:05 | 65457 | ||
| The Masonic Connection.... [124 words] | DONVAN | Nov 7, 2006 11:12 | 65453 | ||
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| 1 | ......Fool us twice, shame on us. [72 words] | Jaladhi | Nov 7, 2006 10:24 | 65451 | |
| 1 | Muslim Doctors caught for planning Islamic Terror activities [511 words] | Rakesh | Nov 9, 2006 13:09 | 65451 | |
| Hindi terrorism. [87 words] | Ronald Rodrix | Nov 13, 2008 04:00 | 65451 | ||
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