Wrong and wrong. You remain consistent in that field.
The declaration of war by Osama was followed by acts of war and when those things happen, you can call it an "avacado," but it's still war.
Further the Barbary "states" were independent quasi-nations, not actual nations or nation- states. It was a loose confederation of Islamo-filth. Not much different than the shit we are confronting today when you get right down to it.
Nice try to spin your way out of it, Polky, but you remain no less wrong for that effort.
The Barbary States were not "quasi-nations". There were nations that existed under the broader umbrella of state nominally part of the Ottoman Empire, but were administered locally. Sorta like an early version of Bermuda's status today.
No. The regencies were not actual states. And yes. They had been a part of the larger entity known as the Ottoman Empire, but they were not actually so affiliated at the time of the Barbary Wars. They were little more than the Islamo-trash we confront today, but with the pretense of "rule" from regents or sultans.
And your quibble doesn't alter the point, anyway. It was a war with a collection of Pirates and a loose confederation of quasi-nations. And it wasn't even a "declared" war, so you usual little petty pointless is even less meaninful than it normally is.
Same as the piece of shit country known as Somalia