Original sentence: "Cheese-eating surrender monkeys" is an insulting phrase, referring to the French, which gained notoriety among in the United States, particularly in the run-up to the war in Iraq.The phrase was first used by the dour Scottish character Groundskeeper Willie in the television cartoon series The Simpsons to describe the French
Edited sentence: "Cheese-eating surrender monkeys" is an insulting phrase, referring to the French, by many in the United States.The phrase was recently popularized by the dour Scottish character Groundskeeper Willie in the television cartoon series The Simpsons to describe the French, but animosity to the French and the term surrender monkey to describe their military efforts goes back decades.The terminology is based on the complete collapse of French defenses in WWII, their defeat in Viet-Nam, and the frequent undermining of U.These include allying with genocidal Serbs, Chinese nationalists wanting to invade democratic and independent Taiwan, being one of the two largest recipients of oil for food bribes, undermining free trade in favor of big subsidies for French farmers and supporting Saddam Hussein.foreing policy initiatives