I just spoke with a friend of mine who happens to be a Turkish-born Muslim, now an American citizen. I asked if he had experienced any hostility, and he answered no. But he then said "you know the Turkish people are very strong allies of the US, but when Bush says he's launching a 'Crusade' it makes it very difficult for Muslim countries to support him. It's hard to believe that his speechwriters would slip up like that... he must have been improvising. That word is taboo in the Mid-east."