gadling.com — Freedom Fries? Remember those? If not, here's a brief refresher: the anti anti-war politicians (and those who loved them) spent the lead-up to Iraq war by trumpeting this name change in 2003 because of the French government's refusal to go along with the Bush Administration's plan to invade Iraq.
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rudegarMar 20, 2010
never really got the whole "hey you're jerks because you will not go to war alongside us you owe us!" thinggoing to war should always be a voluntary move not something to avoid a named after your country hostage situationwas it also renamed to freedom kissing ?
andyp7Mar 20, 2010
Because the nonsense of "Freedom Fries" hasn't stopped even though the people who proposed this name change now admit they wish they never went to war in the first place.This kind of stuff is embarrassing, even more so in hindsight.
brainrazerMar 20, 2010
Wrong, we took the fight to the islamo fascists who want to kill you and me.
amazingsteveMar 20, 2010
The Freedom Fires incident can be pinpointed as the exact moment that Republicans became 5 year olds. That or it could be the Asinine naming of the Patriot Act.
Closed AccountMar 20, 2010
The f**ktards who were ordering "freedom fries" back then are still running around with equally retarded s**t spewing out of their mouths, blissfully unaware of just how f**king idiotic they are. Perhaps by pointing out to them their previous asshat behaviours, they can, through the benefit of a little hindsight, realize their own f**ktardedness. This may lead to a greater willingness to sit down, shut the f**k up, and listen to the grownups for a change.DavidNiven, I'm looking at you.
heliumflashMar 20, 2010
It is especially stupid because french fries aren't named after France, they are named french fries because the cutting style used to cut them into their signature shape is called a "french" cut.
davidnivenMar 21, 2010
The Democrats in Washington did."If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." - President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998<a class="user" href="http://www.davidstuff.com/political/wmdquotes.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.davidstuff.com/political/wmdquotes.htm</a>
protoopusMar 21, 2010
i suspect the naming of the patriot act is a sublime act of doublethink.
zephcMar 23, 2010
I'll trade a Freedom Tickler for a Freedom Kiss