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JD Vance says Europe should have done more to stop Iraq War (www.dw.com)

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US Vice President JD Vance has called on European states to show greater independence, urging them not to be US "vassals." He also said EU governments could have done more to oppose Washington over the Iraq War.

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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 68 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I remember when Republicans renamed french fries to freedom fries because France opposed the Iraq War

[–] helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Living in a french-speaking country it's hard to forget.

The reaction at the time was partly bemusement though. We don't call them "french" anyway, because they're from Belgium.

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 days ago

France opposed the Iraq war and said that the Americans were full of shit when they were claiming that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

Of course the Republicans snowflakes did not enjoy that.