"Crusading" Without the Title

Lately on the news I've seen reports of bible verse references being incribed on the sides of the gun sights being used by U.S. Marines in Iraq. In the reports Marine Corps spokespersons continued to deny any pervious knowledge to the references, but what I witnessed when watching several reports was that certain Marines found comfort in the inscriptions and were glad they were there. In the report on ABC News' website a Major in the Marine Corps even backs up the placement of the inscriptions, using the fact that 'In God We Trust' is on the back of our currency. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/secret-bible-verses-guns-marines-concerned/story?id=9602030

Besides the fact that references from a religious text are being placed onto items that are being used to kill thousands of people, and the interesting questions that raises, it seems that religion is being used in similar ways as it was during the Crusades. The only difference seems to come with the change in thought of current times versus the time of the Crusades, and the political correctness and the strive for levels of racial and religious tolerance in today's society. The Marine Corps can't back up the weapons manufacturer itself, but many people involved openly express their support, even ranking officers. It's interesting that even after a thousand years we still seem to love the same, old arguments, even over the ones that are actually at hand.