Why do they call it freedom fries?

Question

I am french and I really don't get the reference.

Answer 1

Because some morons think that France is un-patriotic now that they didn't help as much as Bush wanted in the Iraq war. I think it's absolutely ridiculous  

Answer 2

after the french refused to embark on a witch hunt in iraq, childish americans thought the french would be devastated if we no longer associated fries with the french name. idiots.

Answer 3

Freedom Fries? never heard of them.

Answer 4

I think that they were insulted that france and the other nato countries didn't act like slaves and say yes massa thank you massa as we pushed them into a war they didn't want that they saw was based upon a pack of lies. so they started calling french fries, freedom fries as a lame attempt to get their revenge on the french for not being a good toady.  

Answer 5

for a while america called them that because the french government would not help after 9/11

Answer 6

It has something to do with the French not liking Americans or something like that.  Since french fries really aren't French they tried to change it to freedom fries.  I don't know who "they" is but it didn't work.  I haven't heard freedom fries in  awhile.

Answer 7

It is just American patriotic sentiment that is at play.  They don't want to call them French Fries because it means supporting France by name.....

Answer 8

It was silly american backlash at the french for refusing to support the United States starting the Iraq war.  We replaced everything french with the word freedom  

Answer 9

because a certain amount of USA doesnt like France, because they are a bunch of wine drinking female under parts