[davisfh]

"Calls for Red Cross symbol to be axed over links to the Crusades

Seems to me to be a damned good reason for keeping the red cross symbol.

[Vanders9]

The red cross, the international institution, does not use the symbol of the red cross because of any connection to the crusades, or indeed for any religous reason.

Its just a reverse of the Swiss flag, in honor of the man who founded it.