Original sentence: Bush on September 19, himself made reference to the impending long-term war as a "crusade," for which he was roundly denounced.Critics further claim that the link is irrelevant, and that its proponents use the term as an insult.Critics of the view deny a material or relevant connection between the Crusades and current events, claiming the War on Terrorism is strictly secular and without religious pretext or overtones.In the context of contemporary events, a number of scholars and commentators have asserted that the ""war on terrorism" should be viewed in the context of other historical conflicts between Christendom and Islam, as a similar war between a Western Empire and an Eastern Islamic people.Proponents of this view assert that the United States is an inheritor of European culture, and that in the current war one can draw many direct precedents in the historical Crusades.S president George W.Some have used the terms "Tenth Crusade," and "Twelfth Crusade" to define the contemporary war in a chronological order with the Crusades
Edited sentence: " They claim that the current war has identical or comparable aspects to the Crusades of antiquity —a largely religious-based military campain of European culture against countries in the Middle-East of Islamic culture.In the context of contemporary events, a number of scholars and commentators have drawn comparisons between the United States and past empires, such as the British Empire and the Roman Empire, while others have further declared that the ""war on terrorism") can or should be viewed in the context of history as the "new crusade.This view asserts that the United States is an inheritor of European culture, and its ties and allegiances to Europe are deeply cultural as well —hence any sociological and religious examinations of the current war may have (or does have) direct precedents in the historical articles