Re: Crusade

[Jean-Marc Chaton]

* Nick Arnett [Mon, 24/09/2001 at 07:42 -0700]
> There was no religious war declared here.
I'm sure Bush didn't intend it but it can honnestly be perceived like
that.

   "This crusade, this war on terrorism, is going to take a long time" 
   G. W. Bush 2001/09/16



  Crusade \Cru*sade"\ (kr?-s?d"), n. [F. croisade, fr. Pr.
     crozada, or Sp cruzada, or It. crociata, from a verb
     signifying to take the cross, mark one's self with a cross,
     fr. L. crux cross; or possibly taken into English directly
     fr. Pr. Cf. {Croisade}, {Crosado}, and see {Cross}.]
     1. Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by
        Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries,
        for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans.
        [1913 Webster]


An article on that topic
http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/national/39266_crusade18.shtml

-- 
Jean-Marc