MARINES SENT “TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI” — The Land of USA’s First Foreign War

By: jamesmpratt (Diary) | September 12th at 02:40 PM |

The Marine Corps Marching Hymn chorus rings in my ears today: “From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli…” Marines are the defenders of US Consulates and Embassies worldwide. Now, four of our countrymen, including the US Ambassador to Libya, were murdered last night in a conspiracy* of Muslim radicals and insiders. Today Marines have been sent in. BACK STORY The Marines first gained | Read More »

Tags: EMBASSY, FIRST BARBARY WAR, Libya, MARINES CORPS, MUSLIM EXTREMISTS, SHORES OF TRIPOLI, THOMAS JEFFERSON, US CONSULATE, USMC

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