In my numerous hours of keeping track of present day Islamic terrorism, many are devoted to the historical side of it as well. Unfotunate part of debates with people about Islamic terrorism, many will paint the picture that the terrorist attacks of 9/11 was America’s first exposure to Islamic terrorism. It wasn’t.

A Twitter post popped up that grabbed my attention and shows a great piece of history. In 1786, Thomas Jefferson was Minister to France for the United States. This writing below is critical in showing two things: 1) Foreign policy being born and 2) Radical Islam was present…….