Wednesday, April 6, 2011

To the Shores of Tripoli

Not necessarily a found overstatement by media, but more of a taking advantage of the historical moment -- a quick episode on exactly what that opening line of the Marine Corps Hymn means. It refers to the first ever hoisting of the Stars and Stripes in victory over a foreign land -- the battle of Deme as a part of the First Barbary War under Thomas Jefferson's administration.

This script started out as a straight-forward look up the event to give the Libyan "war" some context. It turned up a couple of interesting notes that are relevant today -- the limits of Presidential war powers and force projection to try to avoid ground troops.

Check it out by downloading the Monday, April 4, edition of Ozarks At Large via iTunes, listen to this link via the KUAF website or by using the KUAF app for iSpace and click on Ozarks At Large for the Monday episode.

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