That isn't true...the Barbary Pirates were part of governmental entities that we had emmissaries/ambassadors posted to. Alqueda is an underground terrorist group. They are not a government...nor do they claim to be. They didn't commit an act of war, they committed a criminal act or terrorism.
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 1:23 PM, William Bowen <william.bo...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Al-Queda is not a nation the last time I checked. > > >> Al Qaeda declared war against the US. > > There's no difference between Al Queda and the Barbary Pirates (a > "Fred Smith" precedent if there ever was one) of the 19th Century. > > No nation. No problem. Declare war on the "leadership" and > "membership" and be done with it. > > I thought this had been covered? > > > > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318397 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
