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American History you were never told. America’s first war was against Islam

“Think about this. America's first war as a nation after gaining independence — was against Muslims. And why?

— Because they were using the very same logic that all the other Muslims that I quoted, the… pic.twitter.com/ni1Wzsr6jc

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) November 20, 2025

“Think about this. America's first war as a nation after gaining independence — was against Muslims. And why?

— Because they were using the very same logic that all the other Muslims that I quoted, the jihad, et cetera, "You're an infidel." So they start attacking and plundering American vessels sometime in 1780 or something. Soon after the Revolutionary War.

Long story short, Jefferson and John Adams, they meet with the ambassador from Barbary — and they say, "You know, we're willing to be friends and trade. Why are you attacking us? What have we done to you?"

And then Jefferson he wrote a letter to Congress, which we still have, with the ambassador's response.

And to paraphrase it, he basically told them, "Our Quran says and our prophet says you're our enemy and it's our right and duty to attack and plunder and kill you and enslave you wherever we can find you."

And most people don't realize that he was actually paraphrasing Quran 9:5, which is known in Islam as The Sword Verse. And it says, "Lay in wait and lay in wait wherever you can find the infidel and ambush them and kill them and enslave them."

So anyway, so it's the same mentality, same logic. America's very first war, just became a nation that hasn't even had its first president yet, George Washington. And it gets dragged into, eventually, two wars. The first is the Barbary War in 1801 and that drags on, and again in 1815”