To defeat ISIS, we need to put aside differences and adopt new thinking

Freedom fries.

Remember those? Changing the name of French fries to freedom fries was just one of the ways we derided France for not joining us in our 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Back then their reason for not hitching their horse to former President George W. Bush’s crusade to rid the world of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was that doing so would destabilize an already unstable region. It could also lead to an escalation of terrorist attacks around the world.

Ironic, isn’t it? Perhaps the French ability to predict the future resides in more than just their famed astrologer Nostradamus.

All kidding...