CHILLING: Thomas Jefferson predicted what happened in Saudi Arabia yesterday – Allen B. West – AllenBWest.com

The linked Allen West article is a great example of how West twists the facts almost beyond recognition. Its title is “Thomas Jefferson predicted what happened in Saudi Arabia yesterday,” but gives NO example of that, or even of ANYTHING Jefferson actually said. Instead, it merely states that Jefferson went to war with the Barbary pirates rather than pay them “protection money,” and says NOTHING about subsequent history related to either Jefferson OR the Barbary pirates. Using a classic manipulative propaganda technique, West also implies (without saying something that’s so obviously ridiculous) that attacks by stateless Islamic terrorists in Saudi Arabia on OTHER MUSLIM ARABS whom they feel have “betrayed Islam” are somehow the same as the state-supported pirates from Libya capturing European and American cargo ships for monetary profit.
West then GROSSLY lies about history and claims that “Islamic jihadists, have not “just” declared war against us; they never stopped since the days of the Barbary pirates.” How did the history of all the Islamic terrorism in the latter 2/3 of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century get so totally erased from the historical record that apparently Allen West is the only one who knows about it? Maybe because it didn’t happen?