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President George W. Bush first called his war against the terrorists, a "Crusade for Freedom". This did not please the pro-western Arab Nations. The word "Crusade" reminds these countries, and their people, of unfortunate wars against them, organised and patronised by the Catholic Church to regain possession of the Holy Land in the 11th and 12th centuries. In these wars a large number of Muslims were murdered, together with many Jews, and a great number of Christians.
He had to change the name and he chose to call it “Operation Enduring Freedom". Not much better, but politically correct and acceptable.
There is no doubt that the attacks on the USA on September 11, 2001, as well as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq later on have brought changes, good and bad, in all the world. Hopefully, they will make the world safer, but we will have to "wait and see" a few years before the final consequences are known. [read more]
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