>>>>>>>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.....
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>>>>>
>>>>>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.....
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>My understanding is that the British flag is made up of three crosses, those of Saint Andrew (Scotland), Saint George, (England) and Saint Patrick (Northern Ireland). The cross of Saint David representing Wales is not shown. Wales was considered to have been a part of England before the flag was designed

By the English, not by the Welsh :-}