tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post4080512367879279520..comments2024-03-27T06:40:56.148-04:00Comments on EagleSpeak: Not so much a news flash: "America once had pirates, just like Somalia"Mark Tempesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172703868541571574noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-74571792320884949642011-10-25T16:38:20.437-04:002011-10-25T16:38:20.437-04:00Thanks for this E1. I hate to think what Mr. Moore...Thanks for this E1. I hate to think what Mr. Moore's book will be like, based on this piece. Pirates and sea robbers never "helped build the American colonies" in any appreciable manner. In fact, the cost of dealing with foreign pirates far outweighed any income generated by North American-based brigands in the early years of the republic, almost bankrupting the government (and creating the first overseas combat mission for the USN and USMC). Attempts to align what was happening in the seas off the eastern seaboard of the US two hundred years ago with what is currently occurring off the HoA today are misguided, and do a great disservice to those affected by things today. And I never met a pirate who ever said they were doing what they did to help their people, or better things on shore. Crissakes...Daniel Sekulichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05607247433269545244noreply@blogger.com