America started fighting terrorist in 1801 with the Barbary Wars

Submitted by bobbarker (United States), Sep 12, 2010 at 19:15

Around 1800, Islamic nations of north Africa were attacking US ships, so Jefferson created what is now the US navy. over 200 years later and we are still doing the same.

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