40 quotes of Obama about Islam and Christianity (Page 3): I took a quick look at 15 of the quotes and remembered several, so I have to conclude the list is accurate as to what he said.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

oldroy wrote:

Now that you have explained yourself to me is ther... (show quote)

I took a quick look at 15 of the quotes and remembered several, so I have to conclude the list is accurate as to what he said. To make a good discussion, I think we need to figure the context of the quotes and the dates related to them. Could be a fun day to do exactly that..

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

oldroy wrote:

If your one person refers to one Muslim I will have to say that you didn't miss out on any part of those who came in. They were surely not Muslims.

Were the Barbary pirates Muslim? Only thing I recall hearing in high school, the marines beat them to a pulp.. Back to the quotes, some of them were made when the object of the military was to try and calm down reactions to anything we did. Recall the commotion when some solders burned a burned a bunch of holy books by "accident"?

Ricktloml

Islam is part of the American story, the Marines were founded to put a stop to the extortion, piracy and taking of s***es by Muslims .

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Ricktloml wrote:

Islam is part of the American story, the Marines were founded to put a stop to the extortion, piracy and taking of s***es by Muslims .

Sorry, no..the marines were founded in a new England tavern to resist English harassment of colonial shipping...2 yrs before the revolution...

Bhmason

permafrost wrote:

Sorry, no..the marines were founded in a new England tavern to resist English harassment of colonial shipping...2 yrs before the revolution...

Correct, but they were later used to fight the Barbary Pirates.

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A committee of the Continental Congress met at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, PA, to draft a resolution calling for two battalions of Marines able to fight for independence at sea and on shore. November 10, 1775, the Marine Corps was born.

1st Commandant: Major Samuel Nicholas (1775-1783)

http://www.marines.com/history-heritage/timeline/-/timeline/decade/2

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Bhmason wrote:

http://www.marines.com/history-heritage/timeline/-/timeline/decade/2

Good post I only babbled from memory, thanks for the source..Oh and if this memory is correct, the red strip on the leg of dress blues is for the spilled fighting those pirates....

Bhmason

permafrost wrote:

Good post I only babbled from memory, thanks for the source..Oh and if this memory is correct, the red strip on the leg of dress blues is for the spilled fighting those pirates....

According to this MilitaryTimes, which doesn't sound absolutely certain, it came out of 1847 The Battle of Chapultepec:

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1847: The Battle of Chapultepec br The Halls of M... (show quote)

http://forums.militarytimes.com/showthread.php?1589779-origin-of-the-blood-stripe

My son survived the blood stripe hazing out at 29 Palms.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Bhmason wrote:

http://forums.militarytimes.com/showthread.php?1589779-origin-of-the-blood-stripe

My son survived the blood stripe hazing out at 29 Palms.

Thanks for the link. Congratulations to your son, and you for having a fine son..I had thought the version we were told that the "halls of Montezuma" and the blood strip came from different battles. But I will concede to the words in the link.. 29 Palms I got to visit a few times but the hazing is new to me.. Hot, dusty and dirty are the deepest memories of it..Had a jungle village setup for practice one of those times..Seemed such a stretch for a jungle, could not even find the 29 palms....

Ricktloml

Sorry, my mistake, but what Islam's part in the American story is, is the first war after the United States became a nation. In 1801, the year Jefferson became president,the Muslim Barbary Pirates demanded $225,000, plus an annual tribute of $25,000. When Jefferson refused,the Pasha (Lord) of Tripoli declared war.Jefferson sent a small squadron of frigates into the Mediterranean .

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Ricktloml wrote:

Sorry, my mistake, but what Islam's part in the American story is, is the first war after the United States became a nation. In 1801, the year Jefferson became president,the Muslim Barbary Pirates demanded $225,000, plus an annual tribute of $25,000. When Jefferson refused,the Pasha (Lord) of Tripoli declared war.Jefferson sent a small squadron of frigates into the Mediterranean .

Yes, that brings the correct story to mind. And the frigates carried marines who went ashore and had a quick battle...thanks...

Bhmason

Ricktloml wrote:

Sorry, my mistake, but what Islam's part in the American story is, is the first war after the United States became a nation. In 1801, the year Jefferson became president,the Muslim Barbary Pirates demanded $225,000, plus an annual tribute of $25,000. When Jefferson refused,the Pasha (Lord) of Tripoli declared war.Jefferson sent a small squadron of frigates into the Mediterranean .

Correct. But it's a huge stretch, more accurately an all out lie for Little POS Barry to make this statement.

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#3 We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world including in my own country.

Ricktloml

The only shaping done by Islam is negative, is no positive effect with Islam it is a barbaric quasi religious political system