Posted on 07/04/2023 1:59:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
wenty years ago, after former president George W. Bush declared a "War on Terror" and an invasion of Iraq was proposed, France's president Jacques Chirac ruled out sending French troops to the country without approval by the U.N. Security Council.
Some Americans accused France of betrayal and retreat. Neal Rowland took it a step further and printed new menus for his Beaufort, North Carolina restaurant named Cubbies. On it, he changed "French fries" to "Freedom fries." In an interview with The Washington Times, Rowland explained that he "got the idea from similar protest action against Germany during World War I, when sauerkraut was renamed 'liberty cabbage' and frankfurters became 'hot dogs.'"
This wasn't entirely accurate, as the usage of the term hot dog predated the World War by about 30 years, but the sentiment was enough to capture the attention of Republican U.S. Representatives Bob Ney and Walter B. Jones, who directed three Congressional cafeterias to similarly alter their menus in 2003.
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Hey, the french lead the world in derisional snorts.
Show some respect for the snorts.
With mayonnaise, fries are called Belgian frites. And it was Belgian frites that the US troops experienced when they were Over There during WWI.
French fries were invented by the Belgians.
Is that like Liz Warren's "pow-wow chow"?
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