Historical Analogy: Barbary Pirates and Islamic Terrorists

I have seen this analogy used from time to time, but this Christopher Hitchens book review in the New York Times reminded me of an earlier American fight against unconnected cells of Muslims. Major US figures in this "War on Privateers" included Jefferson and Washington. One of the early post 9-11 references to this historical parallel was this excellent article in the Washington Post from October 15 2001.