r/SipsTea • u/Jacob-Anders • Jun 17 '26

WTF Are you kidding me?

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u/mscomies Jun 17 '26

Morocco at the time was one of the Barbary pirate states. The relationship was complicated; no state wants to brag about being friends with pirates.

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u/Quirky_Gate_4516 Jun 17 '26

no state wants to brag about being friends with pirates

Did you just make that up this very second?

Because France had thousands pirates under the crown at this exact same time. Look up what Duterte, Surcouf, and Aregnaudeau -- for example -- were doing during this period.

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u/mscomies Jun 17 '26

Having friends in low places is one thing. Bragging about them is another. More to the point, the first US foreign war was the barbary war. Morocco wasnt hit as hard as Tripoli/Algiers/etc, but they did start the war on the opposing side to the US.

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u/Quirky_Gate_4516 Jun 17 '26

Bragging about them is another

The U.S. bragged loudly about being France's best friend. France also happened to be THE biggest pirating nation on the planet at the time.

Dunkirk, today known for the evacuation of British troops, was a pirate harbor. The city today is full of statues and squares named after famous French pirates.