French fries protester regrets war jibe (North Carolina)

Sequoia

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Wed May-25-05 12:14 PM
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French fries protester regrets war jibe (North Carolina)

It was a culinary rebuke that echoed around the world, heightening the sense of tension between Washington and Paris in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. But now the US politician who led the campaign to change the name of french fries to "freedom fries" has turned against the war.

Walter Jones, the Republican congressman for North Carolina who was also the brains behind french toast becoming freedom toast in Capitol Hill restaurants, told a local newspaper the US went to war "with no justification

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5201041-103681,00.html

(Score one for NC after those awful preacher stories)

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Kikosexy2

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Wed May-25-05 12:16 PM
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1. Heard ..

about this....bwahahahahhaha! If only the French would make him apologize publicly....haaahhahhahaa!

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