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Hands up people here who called French Fries "Freedom Fries" in 2003-2004
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That wasn't one of the Americans' better or more sensible ideas.
But still, I never saw any US citizens burning down the French embassy or calling for a fatawa against French leaders or encouraging severe limits on freedom of speech (although Michael Moore might argue otherwise on that one :P ).
With the recent warnings to Syria lately (from the French too, even though they did not take the same stand with Iraq) I don't think Syria (ar any other Middle East Islamic nation) is pursing an intelligent course of action. I have heard that a few more leaders are calling for restraint - maybe some in power are worried what might happen if the West stops appeasing them - they could lose the wealth and influence they are getting from oil production. They probably don't care too much about the religious beliefs of their subjects unless they can use them. But I don't know, I'm just guessing.