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| Mat Coe is a junior criminal justice and psychology major and writes "Screw Flanders" for the Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. |
Now that I see many protesters protesting for the war and the troops overseas, I am seeing plenty of signs that say: "First Iraq, then France."
Some even take it that extra step to "...then Hollywood."
While world domination sounds nice, I think it's time to focus on Iraq.
I can't believe we are still upset that the French won't play with us. When I was little, if I wanted to play basketball with a group of friends, and one didn't want to play, I'd say "see ya later" and go play with those who were willing. No big deal.
But now we hate the French even more than before. Reps. Bob Ney and Walter Jones have taken the first step in eliminating that evil word from our society. Say goodbye to French fries and hello to freedom fries.
The name change came earlier this month, before the war began. Upon hearing this, I thought it was stupid and moved on with my life. As the war began, I became concerned with the safety of our troops and what has been happening in Iraq. Others, however, have not forgotten about the French.
I've heard plenty of people joking about how we should send our troops up to France after we are done "wiping out" Iraq. I can't remember how many times I've heard the words "kill them all" in regard to either Iraq or France.
While these are all jokes of course, some say that there is a little truth to every joke. Are we really that mad at France? I'm not. I don't care if France does not want a war.
So why are we so mad at the dissenting opinion of one nation? Maybe it's the power that the French have that we have had to go without. Maybe our history with hating the French makes it easy to hate them even more. Maybe we are just using France as a scapegoat for those people in the U.S. that do not agree with the reasons we are at war.
Whatever the reason is, who cares? They disagree, just as many of us have disagreed with the actions of this administration. U.S. troops are in Iraq now. American and allied troops have already died. Forget about France, we have taken this thing way too far.
Now I can enjoy freedom fries and freedom toast. Pretty soon I'll blow my freedom horn in Freedom Lick, Indiana, freedom kiss my girlfriend, and pet my freedom poodle. Blind people will soon reject Braille, we'll stop using photography and stop going to the movies, we'll stop using ambulances, continue to avoid the metric system, and rid the U.S. of canned food.
Why? The French suck and we can do without their inventions. You may say that I am taking this too far. My answer: Freedom fries. Freedom bloody fries.
Final thought: If it makes you feel free to pour out champagne and French-made wines, go ahead. Buy all the wine you want. But before you push the statue of liberty into the water, worry about Iraq.
Write to Mat at twobsuguys@yahoo.com
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