2003: Freedom Fries, Freedom Toast, & the invasion of France

What if, instead of Bush invading Iraq, Iran, or Saudi Arabia, he did the sensible thing & invaded France instead, following the anti-French sentiment of the time which saw things like French Fries & French Toast, amongst other items, change their names to Freedom Fries & Freedom Toast etc...

Discuss
 
What if, instead of Bush invading Iraq, Iran, or Saudi Arabia, he did the sensible thing & invaded France instead, following the anti-French sentiment of the time which saw things like French Fries & French Toast, amongst other items, change their names to Freedom Fries & Freedom Toast etc...

Discuss

...No. Just, no. There's so many wrong things with this one I'm not going to even try.
 
The invading american forces are met by Obelix and Asterix and are thrown back into the sea? Bush is forced out of office as a result and, in a shock result, Britney Spears is elected as president.
 
As America (And England I suppose?) hit the beaches of Normandy... AGAIN... France would use a tactical nuclear weapon to destroy the American forces. The situation escelates until France and it's European allies are nothing but radioactive vapor and England and America are crippled beyond repair. In the economic freefall that follows, Eastern Europe and Central Asia will fall in behind Russia and Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America would fall in behind China. Non-Chinese allied states in East Asia (Japan, Taiwan, South Korea) and the pacific (New Guinea, Kingdom of Hawaii, Australia) will create an anti-comintern pact to hold off against their rivals and will immediately start building a nuclear deterrent.

In the Middle East Israel will no longer be receiving copious amounts of American military or financial aid and their neighbors will no longer be receiving aid to not attack Israel, leading to a massive economic crunch. War will soon follow and Israel will be forced to use their nuclear weapons in self defense.

In North America, refugees pour into Canada, solving their manpower problem and Canada becomes a major power. A North American Union is created between Mexico, the United States, and Canada, with Canada as the leading nation. The NAU is too busy rebuilding to exert influence on the rest of the world, but the potential is there and it's really a very amicable solution.

The destruction of the breadbasket (or at least the infrastructure that carries the food to the tables) and the global cooling from a nuclear winter leads to massive famine across the world, many minor wars break out and hydroponic gardening becomes popular and necessary in urban areas.

Oh, and when the nuclear exchange starts, George Bush attempts to flee the country on Air Force One, but is instead arrested for treason and sentenced to life in prison, he currently resides in prison.
 
I think it's supposed to be a joke. Definitely should be in ASB though.

Should haff been marked NOOBWI...

BTW did this 'freedom fries' thing ever really happen or is it apocryphal?

Zit is true zat it happened in some places, but I zink most haff by nau shifted back to ze old name...

Writing in movie-German because of the Imperial German Remembrance Day.
 
Here's the news report from the Times of London from that alternate 2003:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/simon_jenkins/article1130767.ece

The application of shock-and-awe to Caen and Rouen and the blasting of infrastructure targets round Paris devastated French morale. A re-enactment of Operation Overlord saw the 21st Army Group reform in Hampshire and storm ashore at Normandy’s Omaha and Utah beaches. Veteran units of the 101st Airborne were allowed to seize Pegasus Bridge, again. The Marine Corps had Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks “embedded”.

The Elysée presidential palace “complex” was soon a 50ft crater. The looting of the Louvre was regretted, but not stopped. Wild scenes greeted the arrival of the Mona Lisa at the Metropolitan, in New York.
 
What if, instead of Bush invading Iraq, Iran, or Saudi Arabia, he did the sensible thing & invaded France instead, following the anti-French sentiment of the time which saw things like French Fries & French Toast, amongst other items, change their names to Freedom Fries & Freedom Toast etc...

Discuss

No, not sensible. Is this a joke? :confused:
 
No, not sensible. Is this a joke? :confused:


Yes! ;)

Now, for everyone else, this is a parody thread about a couple of things:

There were a few threads yesterday about the US invading either Iran &/or Saudi Arabia instead of Iraq in 2003. Naturally I continued the absurdity...

Secondly, there was this nonsense about Freedom Fries & Freedom Toast started by Congress, which was somewhat matched by the Administration's rather spoilt brat attitude towards France at the same time.

So just like a mosquito bite, the urge to scratch was too great... ;)
 
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