The crusades

The Crusades

On September 16th 2001 President George Washington Bush delivered a speech in which he said “This crusade, this war on terror is going to take a while.” Using the word “crusade” in this statement caused concern in Europe and the Middle East. Some worried that the war on terror would be against more people than only those responsible for the attacks on September 11th. In approximately 2 paragraphs answer the following questions.

A. What happened on September 11th 2001?

On September 11th 2001, there was a terrorist attack on the U.S. Some terrorist from Iraq attacked the twin towers and Washington D.C.

B. Why did Bush’s use of the word crusades worry and outrage people?

People got worries and outraged because crusades means all Muslims, and only a few Muslims attacked the U.S. Bush included all the innocent Muslim people in the terrorist attack.

C. Why is it a bad idea to compare the current war to the crusades?

It is a bad idea to compare the current war to the crusades because Muslims are going to think that we want war with them again and maybe all Bush was trying to say was that some terrorists were destroying the U.S.

D. Who were the groups of people fighting in the original crusades?

The group of people fighting in the original crusades were the knights and the serf.