The Un-Christian America

[Polaris]

Since when does "take with a grain of salt" mean the same as saying something is "worth a grain of salt?"

Because you mention this:

I was just suspicious of the reasons behind it. On whether they were actually honest about their intentions since governments tend to be so honest /sarcasm.

Which implies that, based on your characterization of long-dead men's honesty, said treaty was passed disingenuously and thus is an illegal, unjust legislation.

You can't have it both ways -- playing victim while suggesting precisely that the Treaty of Tripoli was passed in a way that invalidates such via intention et al.

I never said it was an illegal legislation, but it was unjust to the North African nations because it was a way of creating a false security for those nations against potential conflict with the United States. I just have to question the intentions of agreements between two parties that end up fighting a few years later. This has much more to do with politics than it has really anything to do with religion.