>>>>>>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crusade
>>>>>>" a remedial enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm "
>>>>>
>>>>>From the same source:
>>>>>
>>>>>"capitalized : any of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to win the Holy Land from the Muslims "
>>>>>The symbol that has been chosen relates to the capitalized version.....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>That would certainly support your argument.
>>>>
>>>>I don't think we're talking about history buffs however.
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>>>I guess not. They probably think that sticking the emblem of the crusades on the tail plane of their war planes as a good way of 'winning hearts and minds'
>>>
>>>Of course it's also the English national flag - maybe Britain should object to it being used in this way :-}
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>>Shouldn't that be maybe England should protest. Or do the Welsh mind as well ?
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>Moot point. AFAIR, the St. George on the Union Jack represents both England and Wales.....

Not know that did I. I stand (or in this case sit) corrected.