Have we learned nothing since Freedom Fries?

It's time to take a lesson from the past and avoid making the same mistakes when it comes to Russia and Ukraine.

Good morning, readers. I hope you all had pleasant weekends.

Today, I want to talk about Freedom Fries — or rather, the Freedom Fries-ification of the current response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

But first, a quick primer on “Freedom Fries”: On February 14, 2003, French foreign minister Dominique de Villepin delivered a speech to the United Nations S…