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I actually think it goes back to the War of 1812, when a handful of mechanized British troops very nearly retook the US capitol. It really put the lie to Thomas Jefferson's ideal agricultural society (the pirates at Trinidad didn't seem to wake people up the same way).



Ah, yes, how could we ever forget that mischevious Ottoman buccaneer contingent that drifted to South America.

I think you mean Tripoli :)


<Hangs head in shame>




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