History Channel Pimping "Old Ironsides" : "Terra Puke Alert"

[Scorpious_Maximus]

Old Ironsides plays starring role in new documentary
By Tom Farmer
Wednesday, September 15, 2004

The USS Constitution will be one of the stars in a History Channel documentary Sunday night about America's first victory over terrorists nearly 200 years ago on the shores of North Africa.

The world's oldest commissioned warship, which was on active duty in the Mediterranean Sea during the 1805 war against the Barbary pirates, appears in several scenes for ``The Battle of Tripoli,'' which airs at 8 p.m. Sunday.

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The documentary, which was also shot on location in Morocco, chronicles the incredible story of William Eaton, who with just eight U.S. Marines and 500 Arab mercenaries, marched 600 miles across the Libyan desert and captured Derne, an important Tripolitan port within marching distance of the capital.

When Marine Lt. Presley O'Bannon raised the American flag over Derne, it marked the first time in the nation's young history that America captured foreign territory in an overseas war.



Be affraid people! They are re-writing history.

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=44335

[Jack_DeLeon]

1. So you beef is...

that they shouldnt equate pirates with terrorists? :shrug:

[Scorpious_Maximus]

2. Terrorists

I think it's pretty twisted that we now categorize something that happened 200 years ago as "War on Terrorists"

But hey, that's just me.

:crazy:

[Moderator]

3. Scorpious_Maximus

Please read the rules of posting LBN. It is pinned at the top of this forum. This is the third post this morning that has had either no link or the wrong headline.