No. Defensive posture means they were attacked. The crusades invaded the Middle East, not the other way around.
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The First Crusade was highly successful, while the Second was not.
The Christians took Jerusalem from Muslim control.
The Christians took Jerusalem from Muslim control.
John Locke's first and second treatises on government were written in defense of The Glorious Revolution.
The Department of Defense, which is charged with national defense (and some would say the Department of Homeland Security as well) is part of the Executive branch, answering directly to the President of the USA.