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To: Thomas M. who wrote (7856)10/31/2001 12:29:33 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 23908
 
So are we.

Can you be more specific, and preferably a modern reference rather then something very old.

Bush carefully included the word "crusade" to woo the Christian Right.

I'm not so sure it was careful at all. Also the term doesn't always mean something done for religion or God.

dictionary.com

cru·sade (kr-sd)
n.

1.often Crusade Any of the military expeditions undertaken by European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th
centuries to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims.
2.A holy war undertaken with papal sanction.
3.A vigorous concerted movement for a cause or against an abuse. See Synonyms at campaign.

Pipeline from the Caspian.

1 - It is not an oil well.

2 - We have not seized any pipeline.

So you have not answered my question. What oil wells have we seized?