It's disrespectful af too, using someone else's hard work for his own video. Least he could do is contribute to the chubby electron guy by watching the damn add lol
There were no term limits on the presidency when the country was founded. That law was enacted because of FDR. The people would not stop voting for him.
Well, he wasn't going to get another term regardless. 2 Terms seems fitting and suggest the same for these career politicians in the Senate and House who somehow become very rich during their long terms. I wonder why??? Hmmmm....
@@rg20322 FDR was elected to a third term. He died in the middle of it; the 22nd Amendment was introduced and ratified in order to reduce the risk of this happening, as well as to prevent the President from accruing too much power and influence.
Oh my gosh! Yes finally The Fat Electrician! I absolutely love his story telling. Please react to more. I've been waiting for this. NOOOO! Don't skip his intro and adds. And he does bloopers a lot after his story telling. He's funny as heck 🤣. And he's absolutely friendly and happy that you are reacting to his videos. He always watches the reaction videos to his channel and will comment about it.
Please more of TFE. His videos are so informative and still contain his humor. I have watched all of his videos but still watch every reaction made to them. Nick was a medic in the military so most of his stories relate to the military but a few don't. Some you must watch are: Sergeant Wreckless, World War Tree, US Navy destroys Iranian Navy and Wake Island I could continue but would end up list all of his videos. ALWAYS watch the ads and to the absolute end of the videos. At the end, he may make a comment or will play audio/video of the subjects of the current video. Nick also has another channel called The Fat Files were he covers things military related but not downright military.
James Madison is considered the Father of the United States Constitution. He helped to write and promote the ratification of the US Constitution. Thomas Jefferson was the principal writer of the United States Declaration of Independence. So Jefferson (3rd president) and his good friend Madison (4th president) who were leading the US in taking it to the pirates, were largely the authors of America’s greatest two documents, The United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.
The phrase you were thinking about was "Speak softly, but carry a big stick". All of the Presidents had followed George Washington's example and just served 2 terms. That was broken when Franklin Roosevelt ran for 4 terms. Then a law was passed that presidents can only do 2 terms. Great reaction
@@greggmundkowsky5798 By law, a person can only serve as President for a maximum of 10 years. This law was passed after FDR served 3 terms and was elected to his 4th term because FDR said that was too long for any man to hold that kind of power in the US.
What the video missed is that the 6 frigates were built to reduce injuries to crew. The hull ribbing was about 12 inches apart so cannon balls would bounce of the hulls instead of penetrating and spreading huge splinters that could ruin your day. That's how one of the frigates, The USS Constitution, got its nickname "Old Ironsides". Old Ironsides is the oldest commissioned naval vessel.
The USS Constitution is still afloat and is berthed in Boston's harbor. She is taken out occasionally for special occasions like the Tall Ships armada in 1976. She is amazing to see undersail. Her main duty is now as a museum ship.
@DAVIDRICKY41 Yes, I have even have seen her several times. I was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts but now live in Maryland. Our family goes to the National Aquarium a couple times a year and we always pay respects to the ships there. My father served in the US Navy during World War Two so he taught us to love these vessels.
OK, there is a detail that he did not speak about, AFTER Steven Decatur took those 400 pirates as prisoner, and proceeded to Tripoli, Yousef Pasha actually told him to go get lost at first, at which point during the night, Steven Decatur and 10 Marines, landed on the shore of Tripoli, with 50 of those captured pirates, and 1 by 1 chopped off their heads, and then returned to his ship WITH THE HEADS, the next day, while he was again in a meeting with Yousef Pasha, one of his other ships was ordered to take the 50 heads, put them in a bag, weigh it down, and sail towards the United States and throw the bag of heads overboard in a few days, Steven Decatur told Yousef Pasha where he could find the bodies of the 50 pirates and went back to his ship till the following day, when he returned again, Yousef Pasha signed the treaty and paid the demanded amount. See Steven Decatur, was not just some naval officer that just followed orders, he understood, that in order to beat your enemy, you must first understand what makes them fight, and what makes them quit fighting, so he READ the Quran, and figured out how to make hardcore Muslims stop fighting instantly, and then he exploited one of those things, see in the Quran, it states that upon death, the body MUST be buried within 24 hours of death and it MUST be buried COMPLETE, this has no bearing if the Muslim is lost during war, BUT those 50 pirates were not at war, they were prisoners, and they died without honor, and without their heads, they COULD NOT be buried as a complete body, and this took ALL of the fight out of all of the Ottoman Muslims in the Mediterranean sea for about 100 years, a similar tactic was used during the Philippine American war by General John (BLACKJACK) Pershing, whose men captured 50 Muslim fighters in the Philippine jungle, then had his men slaughter and bleed out a large pig, and then throw their ammo into a bucket with the pig's blood, then executed 49 of the Muslim fighters with the pig's blood coated bullets, while the 1 that was spared watched in horror while they did it, they then stripped him of his clothes, dumped the rest of the pig's blood over his body and told him to go tell his superiors what was going to happen to the rest of them, they surrendered the following day, which is how the Philippines came under U.S. Control for almost a century, anyway, it was not just the mouths of our cannons that secured the peace and silenced the Ottoman Empire, it was also striking at their eternal souls that ended the Barbary wars, and the Philippine-American wars, both of which were fought against Muslim pirates/terrorists.
Walk softly and carry a big stick is a Roosevelt quote, roughly meaning that you shouldn't waste energy on words but show that you're prepared to take action.
at 74 years of age i can still recite every single US President in order. Learned it in school and never forgot. Some good Presidents, some ot so good and some absolutely deplorable but they were/are the leaders of our great nation. Theodore Roosevelt 26th US President "Speak softly and carry a big stick" . . . basically he advocated for American strength and military dominance as a means to achieve peace and control. His addition to The Monroe Doctrine, which was basically a passive (Speak softly) approach to international diplomacy.
My 8th grade history teacher had an end of year test: all US presidents, from Washington to HW Bush, in order, with first and last names, spelled correctly.
So can my daughter - she doesn't in a bit of a jingle...but she can do it -- and it's come in handy at times! LOL She also can name every state and the capital - that she made into a bit of a jingle...LOL Pretty amazing! She's 40 now and that was in grade school and she still remembers them all!!
"From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli" sang that every night before lights out on Parris Island. Learned about Lieutenant O'Bannon as well. Albiet, 150 years or so after this.
First to fight for right and freedom, and to keep our honor clean. We are proud to claim the title, United States Marines. Makes me proud just hearing it, even though I never served. 🇺🇸🇺🇸😈🐶🇺🇸🇺🇸
The quote is: ""speak softly and carry a big stick" was made by the United States 26th President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt. I sometimes hear the quote as, "Speak softly, but carry a big stick". Btw, The Fat Electrician has so many amazing military stories. You should check out more!
James Madison was the leader of Jefferson’s political faction while Jefferson was ambassador to France, and one of the authors of the US Constitution. He , for trivia, was the shortest American president at 5’4”.
I haven't had the presidents order remembered since I was a kid in school. However, I do recognize all the names and I remember a little about a bunch of them, and more about a few of them. The early presidents are fairly well known. Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison. Also the ones with major events (for example: Lincoln, Kennedy, etc.). There's a few more obscure ones that people tend to forget about.
Great reaction Kabir! Nic, the Fat Electrician, is a brilliant storyteller. He has dozens of amazing videos touching on a lot of military history that really is unknown and unstudied in school. I love learning about military stories of the last century and so many of his stories are things I just knew in passing or had never heard of. You cannot go wrong reacting to his videos. And while he tends to focus more on American military history and personalities he also has videos about amazing people from other countries. RAF WWII pilot Sir Douglas Bader and British tank strategist "Hobo" Hobart being two that come to mind. Even if you don't react to them for your channel they are absolutely worth watching, even if it's just to learn more about your own country's unknown heroes.
As some have mentioned, below, don't skip the ads. When his wife comes in, it's funny. Also don't end the video until the very end. There's also funny stuff he says.
It's funny when you look through a lot of these stories. Time and time again, the US was trying to do it's own thing, but someone else keeps messing with our stuff. Which eventually results in... you guessed it. Rapid military growth and response. Over and over again until we became the military we are now. And people wonder why the US military is like this.
@KabirConsiders: "Walk softly, and carry a big stick." is a variant. But the proper one is "Speak softly. But carry a big stick." Glad to see you tap The Fat Electrician. 👍🏿
Franklin Roosevelt was elected to three terms then Congress passed a law limiting the terms to two four year terms. Nick has a video about the O'Bannon sinking a Japanese sub with potatoes. He's the best storyteller on UA-cam, his stories are so well researched.
While I doubt a lot of Americans can name EVERY president, our schools focus a LOT on the Revolutionary War and the Founding of the Nation, so Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison are all well known because they were all very heavily involved. As you get later in the timeline, people are probably more likely to know the presidents who had major events occur, such as Lincoln, Kennedy, both Roosevelts, etc. Speaking of Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt is the one who said "Speak softly, and carry a big stick."
One of the Frigates built for this actually still exists. I’ve been aboard and got a flag from it. It’s the USS Constitution and it’s the oldest floating commissioned warship on the planet. HMS Victory is the oldest commissioned but it’s not afloat. The Constitution was nicknamed Old Ironsides because cannonballs bounced off the side. It participated in the attack on Tripoli that was talked about on the video.
The O'Bannon potato fight was against a Japanese submarine in the WW2 Solomons campaign. Both ships were equally suprised encountering one another. The USN ship was too close to depress their weopons enough to engage with their main armament, and the Japanese sub was handicapped by being surfaced. The Japanese sub crew thought the potatoes were hand grenades, and submerged. The O'Bannon then sank the sub with depth charges.
For the President, terms are 4 years, and you can serve 2 terms or up to 10 years if you were a vp that took over for a president during their term. It was limited after FDR was elected 4 times around WW2.
The ships we created were more like heavy cruisers or light battleships. However, because they were made from live oaks from Georgia and the Carolinas as well as a "floating" construction technique, U.S. ships were able to withstand cannon fire that would sink the larger 200 gun ship-of-the-line vessels.
US Presidential terms have always been four years; but there was originally no constitutional limit on how many times someone could be re-elected. (That was amended after FDR. Unfortunately, we still haven't added an amendment to limit the number of terms for Representatives and Senators.) Yes, most Americans know the first several Presidents (up through about John Quincy Adams or so), and the Civil War era ones (Buchanan through Grant), plus Roosevelt, the other Roosevelt, Kennedy, and whichever ones were within our own lifetime. On the other hand, pretty much nobody knows anything about some of the in-between ones (Polk, Filmore, Hayes, Arthur, etc.) "Speak softly and carry a big stick" is a Theodore Roosevelt quote, yes; but there's also "peace through superior firepower."
My son went to Decatur High School, named for Stephen Decatur. Heavens yes, I definitely know who James Madison is! He helped write the Constitution. The Fat Electrician is an amazing storyteller and is really knowledgeable about history, especially Naval and military history.
“Walk softly and carry a big stick” Teddy Roosevelt. President, Colonel of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry (Spanish American War) Medal of Honor Recipient
"Speak softly but carry a big stick." US President Theodore Roosevelt That phrase is so applicable to the US even now that I remember in middle school in like 7th grade being told about it and was like "Damn Teddy was a fuckin badass, cowboy, police chief, war hero, medal of honor recipient, outdoorsman etc. All while beating the odds being born with severe asthma and is considered the manliness president the US has ever had. Do you know how cool you have to be in America to be considered the Manliest President?
Yes Americans know or should know that James Madison was our 4th president. Basically from what I remember, idk what grade I was in but we basically learned about every president and the significance of American history and what happened. However we don't learn about all these battles. We learned about the revolutionary war where we got our independence and then it was the war of 1812 then the civil war. Barely talked about the Spanish American war. And then it's off to the world wars and so on and so fourth but basically any American should know that James Madison was our 4th president
Eight years and term limits started after FDR and he passed away in 1945. After four terms. Btw, there are literally dozens of towns named after Decatur and they probably have no idea why. Oh and yes we know who Madison is, he was one of the writers of our Constitution and is considered a founding father.
Love The Fat Electrician! You might not "get" the one about the MailCat (standard US Postal Service vans), but I was laughing so hard, I even told my postal carrier to look it up. It's spreading in the USPS circles now. The other word I'll never say again without air quotes is "Proportional" (look up his video on destroying half of Iran's navy in 8 hrs).
The saying, which Teddy Roosevelt also used with that part of the world nearly 100 years later "Walk softly, but carry a big stick" meaning be nice until it's FAFO time.
Fat Electrician (Nic) is dynamite! 💥So many great Military History videos, "Sergeant Reckless" a must and Jack (McNasty) Mcneice ( movie made).Thank you son love this guy!
Love the Fat Electrician! He's got a 2nd channel about stuff on his mind that isn't military related. Either channel, it's amazing, you'll get a laugh, and learn a thing, or 2.
Every four years there is an election for President, so a President's term is only four years long, but they can run for a second and final term. If they win a second term that will also last four years and then they can't run again. However, that wasn't always the case. There were no limits on how many terms a President could run for until the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was added on February 27, 1951. Only one President in US history has gone more than two terms and that was Franklin D. Roosevelt who was President in 1933-1945 who died during his fourth term as President. He stayed in office because he was trying to get the US out of Great Depression and then also through WW2. The reason that no other President attempted to go for more terms prior to this was out of respect and the tradition set by first President George Washington who was only President for two terms lasting 8 years.
One of the things this showed was the fighting spirit of Americans. And the saying is: Talk Quietly and Carry a Big Stick. In other words like my dad use to do is I am not going to raise my voice so u better listen and listen good. Or..... lol
Appeasement never works. You'd think the world would remember that but we keep repeating it in all kinds of different scenarios. We don't have politicians and leaders like those today and, as we've seen, piracy is still alive and well with some of the same actors being involved.
Definitely more TFE reactions should be mixed into your line up, worth the time and hilarious takes/crazy stuff that actually happened. And yeah, definitely shouldn’t cut his ads out. They are hilarious, also watch his vids to the end, as the often had teasers to what he’s working on for the future.
The Fat Electrician did a video about the USS O'Bannon, it's an older video but will always be my favorite. Hollywood made a movie about this, it's called "Tripoli" starring Maureen O'Hara and John Payne as Lt. O'Bannon.
For the most part, America today is the same as far as our most basic ideology. We don't like injustice. Unfortunately, we have stumbled recently. I do hope that we can get back on track with that and be a better example to others. As loud and uncouth as we might be sometimes... we really do mean well and we have always supported the rights of others who wish peace. As you pointed out early in this video, the unfortunate reality is that many nations are using religious ideology to license hate. Thanks for sharing your take on this from a British standpoint.
7:42 no the British, French and Spanish had already made their own versions of it each with their own spin on the concept. British ships were fast and well trained, Spanish ships prioritized firepower and French ships focused on hull strength. The Americans took after the British with fast ships but generally used longer ranged guns that may not have hit as hard as the British but when trained well enough would cut down any ship before they got within firing range.
I would recommend watching some of his older stuff first, at least if you are going to do reactions to them. Several of his newer videos make references to the older ones that you might not understand haven’t not seen them first.
*correction (i actually went & looked it up AFTER having posted this, putting the expression in quotations & feel i should correct my mistake): from the web: The phrase "separation of church and state" itself does not appear in the United States Constitution. The First Amendment states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Known as The Establishment Clause, the opening lines of the First Amendment prohibit the government from creating an official religion or favoring one religion (or non-religion) over another. The separation of church and state enables all Americans to practice their deeply held beliefs in private and in public. Many of the founders, including Thomas Jefferson & James Madison, argued that government compulsion of religion violated a person's natural right to shape their own life according to their convictions. .....so there ya go. that's my bad. lol.
The original American Legation in Tangier is the only United States National Historic Landmark outside the US. FYI, one of those 1794 Navy Act frigates is the USS Constitution which is still afloat as a museum ship at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston.
OMG! This was awesome! I want more, more, more of your reactions to the Fat Electrician videos!! I would really love your reaction to: F-15 Eagle - The Most Gangster Fighter Jet, America's Secret Underground Cheese Bunkers, Cassius CLay America's most Gangster Politician, World War Tree, and Angry Old Veteran vs. 700 Redcoats.
as a little bit of extra info Kabir. John Adams's and Thomas Jefferson's viewpoints/politics are the current undercurrent (or was it's all rather muddled now days) of the Democrat and Republican parties (republican party was the whig party back then. got revamped and changed name to Republican Party in 1860 with Lincoln being the first republican president).
well...not sure if schools still do this but when I was in elementary school we had to learn all of the presidents names and the order of them...and there was a test. "Speak softly and carry a big stick", is a quote from Theodore Roosevelt the 26th President of the USA.
speak softly and carry a big stick, from teddy Roosevelt. essentially be humble/polite out of courtesy but have the strength to disregard such courtesy
Yes. I knew Madison was the 4th President of the US. I also knew he was friends with Thomas Jefferson and helped with the writing of the declaration of independence and the US constitution.
James Madison is generally less famous than his socialite wife, Dolly, who is best known for her incredibly glamorous fashion and for insisting on saving the portrait of George Washington from the White House as the British were marching into and burning Washington, D. C. during the War of 1812. James Madison was the foremost author of the Constitution after our initial founding contract, the Articles of Confederation, failed spectacularly. Since most history lessons about the Founding mostly focus on the Revolution until you get into high school and college, (where history is largely elective and most students nope out because history was unbelievably boring when they were younger) not a lot of people know much about James Madison apart from the facts that he was our 4th President and Dolly Madison's husband. Among those who discovered fascinating history in our own time or who decided to try slogging through anyway, he is also known as the Father of the Constitution, because he personally wrote a majority of it, and presided over the Continental Congress's Constitutional Convention that composed the rest and ratified it all. So, the man who authored most of the Constitution is a Dynamic Duo with his bff, Thomas Jefferson, who authored the Declaration of Independence. Also, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" was Teddy Roosevelt's campaign slogan regarding foreign policy. That's where that came from.
Oh, you like learning the origin story of various things? This is probably one of Fat Electrician's best videos for that. You're also quoting President Theodore "Teddy" "Bull Moose" Roosevelt there. "Speak softly and carry a big stick." is the quote. The USA kind of still does that today. We kind of fail at speaking softly, but we still have the Iowa a couple days away ready to rock if ever needed. If you're confused, the USS Iowa BB-61 has the nickname "The Big Stick", is currently a museum ship, but is also in retirement with the option of reactivation should it ever be necessary. This also goes for the other 3 Iowa-class battleships, The Mighty Mo, the Big J, and the Big Whiskey. All 3 of them have something they're famous or infamous for and it's more or less something they did rather than something that happened to them. The Missouri was the ship that hosted Japan's surrender ending WWII. New Jersey sunk an island during Vietnam. Wisconsin traded a 152mm hit on its deck (basically a scratch in the paint) for a broadside with a North Korean artillery emplacement. Let me convert that for you. The Big Whiskey got pinged by a 99lbs (44kgs) bb and immediately retaliated with over 24,300 lbs (11022.3kgs) of ordinance. Check out some of TFE's shorter earlier Tik Tok formatted videos for the details.
There are at least 40 places in the U.S. named after Stephen Decatur, plus counties & roads. The people had total respect for the man & his accomplishments. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe...these 3 presidents' actions set the tone for U.S. international policies that still echo today.
You missed a pretty damn funny skit between him and his wife by skipping that ad.
It's disrespectful af too, using someone else's hard work for his own video. Least he could do is contribute to the chubby electron guy by watching the damn add lol
Mrs. Electron guy was great in the off the script ad.
@@kingjellybean9795 he didn’t know leave him be, let him know what he did and leave him be or he might not watch him again
Walk softly, but carry a big stick. I know Madison. I know all the Presidents but after the fourth one I don’t think I can name them in order.
The Fat Electrician is the ONLY channel's ads I watch lol you're missing out Kabir!
His add reads are the best
As soon as I realize a reactor skips his ad reads or ends his videos after he say quackbang out, I either exit the video or click dislike.
Best ad reads, especially when the wife gets involved.
Plus it’s just respectful if you’re going to react to someone else’s video to just let the ad read roll.
Internet Historian has lore in his ads they are great too
There were no term limits on the presidency when the country was founded. That law was enacted because of FDR. The people would not stop voting for him.
Longest sitting President... Literally and Figuratively.
Well, he wasn't going to get another term regardless. 2 Terms seems fitting and suggest the same for these career politicians in the Senate and House who somehow become very rich during their long terms. I wonder why??? Hmmmm....
@@rg20322 for us they call it insider trading. For them... Idk they're just better than Warren Buffett at playing the stock market I guess 🤷🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
@@rg20322 FDR was elected to a third term. He died in the middle of it; the 22nd Amendment was introduced and ratified in order to reduce the risk of this happening, as well as to prevent the President from accruing too much power and influence.
@@PhycoKruskFDR was elected President *four* times. He died of a stroke a few months after his fourth inauguration.
Oh my gosh! Yes finally The Fat Electrician! I absolutely love his story telling. Please react to more. I've been waiting for this.
NOOOO! Don't skip his intro and adds. And he does bloopers a lot after his story telling. He's funny as heck 🤣. And he's absolutely friendly and happy that you are reacting to his videos. He always watches the reaction videos to his channel and will comment about it.
I don’t mind skipping the adds. They’re a little funny sometimes, but still adds
@@kevinb314 It's just respectful if they're not droning on reading a script.
Please more of TFE. His videos are so informative and still contain his humor. I have watched all of his videos but still watch every reaction made to them. Nick was a medic in the military so most of his stories relate to the military but a few don't.
Some you must watch are: Sergeant Wreckless, World War Tree, US Navy destroys Iranian Navy and Wake Island I could continue but would end up list all of his videos. ALWAYS watch the ads and to the absolute end of the videos. At the end, he may make a comment or will play audio/video of the subjects of the current video.
Nick also has another channel called The Fat Files were he covers things military related but not downright military.
Agreed 💯
@kevinb314 least he could do is watch his adds if he's gunna ride his hard work for his channel
James Madison is considered the Father of the United States Constitution.
He helped to write and promote the ratification of the US Constitution.
Thomas Jefferson was the principal writer of the United States Declaration of Independence.
So Jefferson (3rd president) and his good friend Madison (4th president) who were leading the US in taking it to the pirates, were largely the authors of America’s greatest two documents, The United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.
The phrase you were thinking about was "Speak softly, but carry a big stick". All of the Presidents had followed George Washington's example and just served 2 terms. That was broken when Franklin Roosevelt ran for 4 terms. Then a law was passed that presidents can only do 2 terms. Great reaction
Can only do two terms in a row, they can serve again after someone else has been in office
Theodore roosevelt said that Or like everyone called him moose
The only reason he served for 4 years is due to the last two terms being during WW2.
@@greggmundkowsky5798 By law, a person can only serve as President for a maximum of 10 years. This law was passed after FDR served 3 terms and was elected to his 4th term because FDR said that was too long for any man to hold that kind of power in the US.
@@jacoblongbrake8230Bull Moose!
What the video missed is that the 6 frigates were built to reduce injuries to crew. The hull ribbing was about 12 inches apart so cannon balls would bounce of the hulls instead of penetrating and spreading huge splinters that could ruin your day. That's how one of the frigates, The USS Constitution, got its nickname "Old Ironsides". Old Ironsides is the oldest commissioned naval vessel.
Did you want the video to go on forever or do you want an entertaining summary
The USS Constitution is still afloat and is berthed in Boston's harbor. She is taken out occasionally for special occasions like the Tall Ships armada in 1976. She is amazing to see undersail. Her main duty is now as a museum ship.
@@nancystanton955 And her sister ship the Constellation is still afloat as a museum in the Baltimore inner harbor
@DAVIDRICKY41 Yes, I have even have seen her several times. I was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts but now live in Maryland. Our family goes to the National Aquarium a couple times a year and we always pay respects to the ships there. My father served in the US Navy during World War Two so he taught us to love these vessels.
@@DAVIDRICKY41our museum fleet is the 2nd largest Navy in the world
James Madison is known as the father of the US constitution. One of our most brilliant founding fathers.
And 2nd President 😁
@@hannabertrand4460 4th president lol
@@samuelgomez6315 lol I always get him and Adams confused. I think it's those terrible wigs 🤣
Yup, he’s a Legend and and grade schooler should know who James Madison is.
The modern version of Stephen Decatur*s statement is "peace through superior fire power"
OK, there is a detail that he did not speak about, AFTER Steven Decatur took those 400 pirates as prisoner, and proceeded to Tripoli, Yousef Pasha actually told him to go get lost at first, at which point during the night, Steven Decatur and 10 Marines, landed on the shore of Tripoli, with 50 of those captured pirates, and 1 by 1 chopped off their heads, and then returned to his ship WITH THE HEADS, the next day, while he was again in a meeting with Yousef Pasha, one of his other ships was ordered to take the 50 heads, put them in a bag, weigh it down, and sail towards the United States and throw the bag of heads overboard in a few days, Steven Decatur told Yousef Pasha where he could find the bodies of the 50 pirates and went back to his ship till the following day, when he returned again, Yousef Pasha signed the treaty and paid the demanded amount. See Steven Decatur, was not just some naval officer that just followed orders, he understood, that in order to beat your enemy, you must first understand what makes them fight, and what makes them quit fighting, so he READ the Quran, and figured out how to make hardcore Muslims stop fighting instantly, and then he exploited one of those things, see in the Quran, it states that upon death, the body MUST be buried within 24 hours of death and it MUST be buried COMPLETE, this has no bearing if the Muslim is lost during war, BUT those 50 pirates were not at war, they were prisoners, and they died without honor, and without their heads, they COULD NOT be buried as a complete body, and this took ALL of the fight out of all of the Ottoman Muslims in the Mediterranean sea for about 100 years, a similar tactic was used during the Philippine American war by General John (BLACKJACK) Pershing, whose men captured 50 Muslim fighters in the Philippine jungle, then had his men slaughter and bleed out a large pig, and then throw their ammo into a bucket with the pig's blood, then executed 49 of the Muslim fighters with the pig's blood coated bullets, while the 1 that was spared watched in horror while they did it, they then stripped him of his clothes, dumped the rest of the pig's blood over his body and told him to go tell his superiors what was going to happen to the rest of them, they surrendered the following day, which is how the Philippines came under U.S. Control for almost a century, anyway, it was not just the mouths of our cannons that secured the peace and silenced the Ottoman Empire, it was also striking at their eternal souls that ended the Barbary wars, and the Philippine-American wars, both of which were fought against Muslim pirates/terrorists.
YESSSS, please bring us more of the fat electrician. Keep up the great content ❤️ please!!!!!
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Walk softly and carry a big stick is a Roosevelt quote, roughly meaning that you shouldn't waste energy on words but show that you're prepared to take action.
"Speak softly and carry a big stick"
Teddy Roosevelt, can't mistake him for FDR. lol
Thank you both for the corrections, my memory isn't what it used to be 😅
@@Wearywastrel no worries, though I wasn't correcting, just adding. since we had two Roosevelts as pres. 😁
at 74 years of age i can still recite every single US President in order. Learned it in school and never forgot. Some good Presidents, some ot so good and some absolutely deplorable but they were/are the leaders of our great nation. Theodore Roosevelt 26th US President "Speak softly and carry a big stick" . . . basically he advocated for American strength and military dominance as a means to achieve peace and control. His addition to The Monroe Doctrine, which was basically a passive (Speak softly) approach to international diplomacy.
I must say, you have much better memory than the current resident of the Oval Office. Have you thought about running for office? Lol
Theodore Roosevelt will always be my favorite President.
@@Tar-Numendil He was beloved; hence the invention of the Teddy bear in his honor. :)
My 8th grade history teacher had an end of year test: all US presidents, from Washington to HW Bush, in order, with first and last names, spelled correctly.
So can my daughter - she doesn't in a bit of a jingle...but she can do it -- and it's come in handy at times! LOL She also can name every state and the capital - that she made into a bit of a jingle...LOL Pretty amazing! She's 40 now and that was in grade school and she still remembers them all!!
"From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli" sang that every night before lights out on Parris Island. Learned about Lieutenant O'Bannon as well. Albiet, 150 years or so after this.
Goodnight Chesty, Where Ever You Are!!
First to fight for right and freedom, and to keep our honor clean. We are proud to claim the title, United States Marines.
Makes me proud just hearing it, even though I never served.
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1st battalion 1068 series..
1987
same.
i think i watched "The DI"
more times than sang the hymn to be honest..
Should watch his ad reads and sponsors because it's not basic and he's actually hilarious with them.
The quote is: ""speak softly and carry a big stick" was made by the United States 26th President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt. I sometimes hear the quote as, "Speak softly, but carry a big stick". Btw, The Fat Electrician has so many amazing military stories. You should check out more!
James Madison was the leader of Jefferson’s political faction while Jefferson was ambassador to France, and one of the authors of the US Constitution. He , for trivia, was the shortest American president at 5’4”.
I haven't had the presidents order remembered since I was a kid in school. However, I do recognize all the names and I remember a little about a bunch of them, and more about a few of them. The early presidents are fairly well known. Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison. Also the ones with major events (for example: Lincoln, Kennedy, etc.). There's a few more obscure ones that people tend to forget about.
Same. My Dad could recite every President in order from Washington to Biden, but my memory's never been that good.
Great reaction Kabir!
Nic, the Fat Electrician, is a brilliant storyteller. He has dozens of amazing videos touching on a lot of military history that really is unknown and unstudied in school. I love learning about military stories of the last century and so many of his stories are things I just knew in passing or had never heard of. You cannot go wrong reacting to his videos.
And while he tends to focus more on American military history and personalities he also has videos about amazing people from other countries. RAF WWII pilot Sir Douglas Bader and British tank strategist "Hobo" Hobart being two that come to mind. Even if you don't react to them for your channel they are absolutely worth watching, even if it's just to learn more about your own country's unknown heroes.
As some have mentioned, below, don't skip the ads. When his wife comes in, it's funny. Also don't end the video until the very end. There's also funny stuff he says.
War of 1812, British Navy barred their Captains from 1 on 1 Frigate to Frigate battles with the US Navy.
It's funny when you look through a lot of these stories. Time and time again, the US was trying to do it's own thing, but someone else keeps messing with our stuff. Which eventually results in... you guessed it. Rapid military growth and response. Over and over again until we became the military we are now. And people wonder why the US military is like this.
the man who fights hardest is the one fighting to be left alone..
@KabirConsiders: "Walk softly, and carry a big stick." is a variant. But the proper one is "Speak softly. But carry a big stick."
Glad to see you tap The Fat Electrician. 👍🏿
Franklin Roosevelt was elected to three terms then Congress passed a law limiting the terms to two four year terms. Nick has a video about the O'Bannon sinking a Japanese sub with potatoes. He's the best storyteller on UA-cam, his stories are so well researched.
He served 13 years, he died during his fourth term.
FDR WAS ELECTED FOUR TIMES HE DIEED 42 DAS IN TO HIS FORTH TERM! THAT IS HOW WE GOT TRUMMEN!
While I doubt a lot of Americans can name EVERY president, our schools focus a LOT on the Revolutionary War and the Founding of the Nation, so Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison are all well known because they were all very heavily involved. As you get later in the timeline, people are probably more likely to know the presidents who had major events occur, such as Lincoln, Kennedy, both Roosevelts, etc. Speaking of Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt is the one who said "Speak softly, and carry a big stick."
One of the Frigates built for this actually still exists. I’ve been aboard and got a flag from it. It’s the USS Constitution and it’s the oldest floating commissioned warship on the planet. HMS Victory is the oldest commissioned but it’s not afloat. The Constitution was nicknamed Old Ironsides because cannonballs bounced off the side. It participated in the attack on Tripoli that was talked about on the video.
The O'Bannon potato fight was against a Japanese submarine in the WW2 Solomons campaign. Both ships were equally suprised encountering one another. The USN ship was too close to depress their weopons enough to engage with their main armament, and the Japanese sub was handicapped by being surfaced. The Japanese sub crew thought the potatoes were hand grenades, and submerged. The O'Bannon then sank the sub with depth charges.
Peace through strength it’s easier to say
James Madison is considered "the father of the American Constitution".
Yes, way back in about 1955 I learned about James Madison and his wife Dolly.
James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights
For the President, terms are 4 years, and you can serve 2 terms or up to 10 years if you were a vp that took over for a president during their term. It was limited after FDR was elected 4 times around WW2.
The ships we created were more like heavy cruisers or light battleships. However, because they were made from live oaks from Georgia and the Carolinas as well as a "floating" construction technique, U.S. ships were able to withstand cannon fire that would sink the larger 200 gun ship-of-the-line vessels.
US Presidential terms have always been four years; but there was originally no constitutional limit on how many times someone could be re-elected. (That was amended after FDR. Unfortunately, we still haven't added an amendment to limit the number of terms for Representatives and Senators.)
Yes, most Americans know the first several Presidents (up through about John Quincy Adams or so), and the Civil War era ones (Buchanan through Grant), plus Roosevelt, the other Roosevelt, Kennedy, and whichever ones were within our own lifetime. On the other hand, pretty much nobody knows anything about some of the in-between ones (Polk, Filmore, Hayes, Arthur, etc.)
"Speak softly and carry a big stick" is a Theodore Roosevelt quote, yes; but there's also "peace through superior firepower."
That saying that you heard was a quote from US President Teddy Roosevelt.
One of those six original frigate’s still exists in Boston Massachusetts the uss constitution aka old ironsides
"speak softly, carry a big stick and you'll go far" 🙂
My son went to Decatur High School, named for Stephen Decatur. Heavens yes, I definitely know who James Madison is! He helped write the Constitution. The Fat Electrician is an amazing storyteller and is really knowledgeable about history, especially Naval and military history.
Decatur, TX is also named after him. :)
Hehe awesome TFE has some of the best stories from US history. Loved the reaction.
“Walk softly and carry a big stick” Teddy Roosevelt. President, Colonel of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry (Spanish American War) Medal of Honor Recipient
I really enjoy that channel...he tells stories in a way that gets your heart racing and you learn a lot of USA history
Dude! Never ever skip the sponsor, you just missed one of the funniest. It's like the endings, don't skip them just Marvel movies.
"Speak softly but carry a big stick." US President Theodore Roosevelt
That phrase is so applicable to the US even now that I remember in middle school in like 7th grade being told about it and was like "Damn Teddy was a fuckin badass, cowboy, police chief, war hero, medal of honor recipient, outdoorsman etc. All while beating the odds being born with severe asthma and is considered the manliness president the US has ever had.
Do you know how cool you have to be in America to be considered the Manliest President?
Yes Americans know or should know that James Madison was our 4th president. Basically from what I remember, idk what grade I was in but we basically learned about every president and the significance of American history and what happened. However we don't learn about all these battles. We learned about the revolutionary war where we got our independence and then it was the war of 1812 then the civil war. Barely talked about the Spanish American war. And then it's off to the world wars and so on and so fourth but basically any American should know that James Madison was our 4th president
Eight years and term limits started after FDR and he passed away in 1945. After four terms. Btw, there are literally dozens of towns named after Decatur and they probably have no idea why. Oh and yes we know who Madison is, he was one of the writers of our Constitution and is considered a founding father.
The quote you were looking for was Theodore Roosevelt and it goes something to the line of walk softly but carry a big stick
@1:30 You shouldn't skip his ad reads. His ads are hilarious.
Yes Kabir!!! More Fat Electrician please!!!! He gives so much info in such an awesome format!
It’s walk softly but carry a big stick…or in other words we can do this the easy diplomatically or the hard way by force your pick.
Love The Fat Electrician! You might not "get" the one about the MailCat (standard US Postal Service vans), but I was laughing so hard, I even told my postal carrier to look it up. It's spreading in the USPS circles now. The other word I'll never say again without air quotes is "Proportional" (look up his video on destroying half of Iran's navy in 8 hrs).
The saying, which Teddy Roosevelt also used with that part of the world nearly 100 years later "Walk softly, but carry a big stick" meaning be nice until it's FAFO time.
The sheath commercial in the episode is actually funny.
Fat Electrician (Nic) is dynamite! 💥So many great Military History videos, "Sergeant Reckless" a must and Jack (McNasty) Mcneice ( movie made).Thank you son love this guy!
LOVE Sargeant Reckless 💜💜💜
Teddy Roosevelt 26 president of the us "speak softly but carry a big stick"
Oh, yay! Do all of TFE. He’s brilliant and hilarious. 😊
Love the Fat Electrician! He's got a 2nd channel about stuff on his mind that isn't military related.
Either channel, it's amazing, you'll get a laugh, and learn a thing, or 2.
The Fat Electrician has a video on the O'Bannon the ship that sunk a ship with potatoes
Yes we were taught in school all of the Presidents in order.
Every four years there is an election for President, so a President's term is only four years long, but they can run for a second and final term. If they win a second term that will also last four years and then they can't run again. However, that wasn't always the case. There were no limits on how many terms a President could run for until the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was added on February 27, 1951. Only one President in US history has gone more than two terms and that was Franklin D. Roosevelt who was President in 1933-1945 who died during his fourth term as President. He stayed in office because he was trying to get the US out of Great Depression and then also through WW2.
The reason that no other President attempted to go for more terms prior to this was out of respect and the tradition set by first President George Washington who was only President for two terms lasting 8 years.
The attitude of You Don't Tell Us What To Do among Americans has a long tradition.
Term limit now is one person can be president for two terms. Each term is four years. So yes 8 years total
One of the things this showed was the fighting spirit of Americans. And the saying is: Talk Quietly and Carry a Big Stick. In other words like my dad use to do is I am not going to raise my voice so u better listen and listen good. Or..... lol
FYI, Stephen Decatur is so respected that at least 2 cities are named after him - Decatur, Illinois, and Decatur, Georgia (which I live near).
And Decatur Iowa
and Decatur, Texas
Always watch to the end
26:20 "speak soflty, and carry a big stick" from president Theodore Roosevelt
To quote President Theodore Roosevelt "Talk softly and carry a big stick.".
1Why -Washington
2Are -Adams
3Jap -Jefferson
4Men -Madison
5Miniature -Monroe
I grew up not far from, and eventually attended, James Madison University. So, yes, I'm very familiar with the short king president 😄
The fat electrician is one you don't skip anything. Even the ads are funny as hell. Plus a lot of videos have add-ons at the end
Appeasement never works. You'd think the world would remember that but we keep repeating it in all kinds of different scenarios. We don't have politicians and leaders like those today and, as we've seen, piracy is still alive and well with some of the same actors being involved.
Theodore Roosevelt : "Speak softly and carry a big stick. You will go far".
It's "talk softly, but carry a big stick"
What one has to consider is just how small a population the US had in the 1790’s, some six or so million. The US was not a major power at the time.
Definitely more TFE reactions should be mixed into your line up, worth the time and hilarious takes/crazy stuff that actually happened. And yeah, definitely shouldn’t cut his ads out. They are hilarious, also watch his vids to the end, as the often had teasers to what he’s working on for the future.
“ Lawrence of Arabia“
Great movie!!!👍
The Fat Electrician did a video about the USS O'Bannon, it's an older video but will always be my favorite.
Hollywood made a movie about this, it's called "Tripoli" starring Maureen O'Hara and John Payne as Lt. O'Bannon.
James Madison is the Father of the US Constitution.
For the most part, America today is the same as far as our most basic ideology. We don't like injustice.
Unfortunately, we have stumbled recently. I do hope that we can get back on track with that and be a better example to others.
As loud and uncouth as we might be sometimes... we really do mean well and we have always supported the rights of others who wish peace.
As you pointed out early in this video, the unfortunate reality is that many nations are using religious ideology to license hate.
Thanks for sharing your take on this from a British standpoint.
7:42 no the British, French and Spanish had already made their own versions of it each with their own spin on the concept. British ships were fast and well trained, Spanish ships prioritized firepower and French ships focused on hull strength. The Americans took after the British with fast ships but generally used longer ranged guns that may not have hit as hard as the British but when trained well enough would cut down any ship before they got within firing range.
I would recommend watching some of his older stuff first, at least if you are going to do reactions to them. Several of his newer videos make references to the older ones that you might not understand haven’t not seen them first.
Theodore Roosevelt, US President, said that America should "Walk quietly, but carry a big stick."
precisely why our Constitution outlines "separation of church & state"...so that we don't encounter this problem.
*correction (i actually went & looked it up AFTER having posted this, putting the expression in quotations & feel i should correct my mistake):
from the web:
The phrase "separation of church and state" itself does not appear in the United States Constitution. The First Amendment states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Known as The Establishment Clause, the opening lines of the First Amendment prohibit the government from creating an official religion or favoring one religion (or non-religion) over another. The separation of church and state enables all Americans to practice their deeply held beliefs in private and in public.
Many of the founders, including Thomas Jefferson & James Madison, argued that government compulsion of religion violated a person's natural right to shape their own life according to their convictions.
.....so there ya go. that's my bad. lol.
The original American Legation in Tangier is the only United States National Historic Landmark outside the US.
FYI, one of those 1794 Navy Act frigates is the USS Constitution which is still afloat as a museum ship at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston.
James Madison was the man who drafted the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. He is EVERY BIT as important as Washington, Adams and Jefferson.
I'm from a military family & I also always really lived history, so yes I'm aware of all the presidents
OMG! This was awesome! I want more, more, more of your reactions to the Fat Electrician videos!! I would really love your reaction to: F-15 Eagle - The Most Gangster Fighter Jet, America's Secret Underground Cheese Bunkers, Cassius CLay America's most Gangster Politician, World War Tree, and Angry Old Veteran vs. 700 Redcoats.
as a little bit of extra info Kabir. John Adams's and Thomas Jefferson's viewpoints/politics are the current undercurrent (or was it's all rather muddled now days) of the Democrat and Republican parties (republican party was the whig party back then. got revamped and changed name to Republican Party in 1860 with Lincoln being the first republican president).
You need some ice in that glass of water my brother, it will taste so much better!
well...not sure if schools still do this but when I was in elementary school we had to learn all of the presidents names and the order of them...and there was a test.
"Speak softly and carry a big stick", is a quote from Theodore Roosevelt the 26th President of the USA.
Even Admrial Lord Nelson commented on our "New Frigates".
speak softly and carry a big stick, from teddy Roosevelt. essentially be humble/polite out of courtesy but have the strength to disregard such courtesy
The saying is “Walk Softly, but Carry a Big Stick.”
Yes. I knew Madison was the 4th President of the US. I also knew he was friends with Thomas Jefferson and helped with the writing of the declaration of independence and the US constitution.
Theodore Roosevelt "speak softly but carry a big stick"
James Madison is generally less famous than his socialite wife, Dolly, who is best known for her incredibly glamorous fashion and for insisting on saving the portrait of George Washington from the White House as the British were marching into and burning Washington, D. C. during the War of 1812. James Madison was the foremost author of the Constitution after our initial founding contract, the Articles of Confederation, failed spectacularly. Since most history lessons about the Founding mostly focus on the Revolution until you get into high school and college, (where history is largely elective and most students nope out because history was unbelievably boring when they were younger) not a lot of people know much about James Madison apart from the facts that he was our 4th President and Dolly Madison's husband. Among those who discovered fascinating history in our own time or who decided to try slogging through anyway, he is also known as the Father of the Constitution, because he personally wrote a majority of it, and presided over the Continental Congress's Constitutional Convention that composed the rest and ratified it all. So, the man who authored most of the Constitution is a Dynamic Duo with his bff, Thomas Jefferson, who authored the Declaration of Independence.
Also, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" was Teddy Roosevelt's campaign slogan regarding foreign policy. That's where that came from.
Yes, unfortunately America is not the same as it was. Loved your reaction.
Oh, you like learning the origin story of various things? This is probably one of Fat Electrician's best videos for that.
You're also quoting President Theodore "Teddy" "Bull Moose" Roosevelt there. "Speak softly and carry a big stick." is the quote. The USA kind of still does that today. We kind of fail at speaking softly, but we still have the Iowa a couple days away ready to rock if ever needed. If you're confused, the USS Iowa BB-61 has the nickname "The Big Stick", is currently a museum ship, but is also in retirement with the option of reactivation should it ever be necessary. This also goes for the other 3 Iowa-class battleships, The Mighty Mo, the Big J, and the Big Whiskey. All 3 of them have something they're famous or infamous for and it's more or less something they did rather than something that happened to them. The Missouri was the ship that hosted Japan's surrender ending WWII. New Jersey sunk an island during Vietnam. Wisconsin traded a 152mm hit on its deck (basically a scratch in the paint) for a broadside with a North Korean artillery emplacement. Let me convert that for you. The Big Whiskey got pinged by a 99lbs (44kgs) bb and immediately retaliated with over 24,300 lbs (11022.3kgs) of ordinance. Check out some of TFE's shorter earlier Tik Tok formatted videos for the details.
There are at least 40 places in the U.S. named after Stephen Decatur, plus counties & roads. The people had total respect for the man & his accomplishments. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe...these 3 presidents' actions set the tone for U.S. international policies that still echo today.
We are taught American presidents in elementary school maybe middle school dont remember
Not an "appeasement strategy." It's called a "protection racket."