Talk:Treaty of Tripoli

Washington

I think we should also demonstrate this as a refutation to the idea that George Washington hated Muslims or that the founding fathers wouldn't welcome them because to paraphrase they had "no hostility to Muslemen" ^{— Unsigned, by: 78.149.157.156 / talk / contribs}

This is not to say that Washington was an Islamophobe, but signing a treaty does not mean that entities are friends necessarily: it's often done for pragmatic reasons. Bongolian (talk) 20:41, 23 November 2018 (UTC)